Non-invasive evaluation of endothelial function in hypertensive elderly patients

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-71

  Saka, Bulent ^a   Oflaz, Huseyin ^a   Erten, Nilgun ^a   Bahat, Gulistan ^a   Dursun, Memduh ^a   Pamukcu, Burak ^a   Mercanoglu, Fehmi ^a   Meric, Mehmet ^a   Karan, M Akif ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Elderly; Flow mediated dilation; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 8644270585     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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