Effect of heart rate on arterial stiffness as assessed by pulse wave velocity

Current Hypertension Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 107-122

  Tan, Isabella ^a   Butlin, Mark ^a   Spronck, Bart ^a   Xiao, Hanguang ^b   Avolio, Alberto ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Pulse wave velocity; Vascular; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY WALL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; VISCOELASTICITY; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 85041861669     PISSN: 15734021     EISSN: 18756506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573402113666170724100418     Document Type: Review

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