Increased Central Arterial Stiffness after Spinal Cord Injury: Contributing Factors, Implications, and Possible Interventions

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1129-1140

  Lee, Amanda H X ^a   Phillips, Aaron A ^a   Krassioukov, Andrei V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical management of central nervous system (CNS) injury; SCI; traumatic SCI; vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ABNORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA FLOW; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROTHERAPY; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG EXERCISE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; AORTIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AORTIC DISEASES; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 85015234100     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2016.4694     Document Type: Review

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