Ethnic Difference in Proximal Aortic Stiffness: An Observation From the Dallas Heart Study

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 54-61

  Goel, Akshay ^a   Maroules, Christopher D ^a   Mitchell, Gary F ^b   Peshock, Ronald ^a,c   Ayers, Colby ^c   McColl, Roderick ^a   Vongpatanasin, Wanpen ^c   King, Kevin S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HUNTINGTON MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; aorta; arterial stiffness; Hispanics; impedance; magnetic resonance imaging; multiethnic

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA ARCH; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006274209     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.07.012     Document Type: Article

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