Central Versus Peripheral Artery Stiffening and Cardiovascular Risk

The large elastic arteries fulfill an important role in buffering the cyclical changes in blood pressure, which result from intermittent ventricular ejection. With aging and accrual of cardiovascular risk factors, the elastic arteries stiffen, and this process holds a number of deleterious consequen...

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Published in:	Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology Vol. 40; no. 5; p. 1028
Main Authors:	Yu, Shikai, McEniery, Carmel M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.05.2020
Subjects:	arteries blood pressure cardiovascular diseases vascular stiffness
ISSN:	1524-4636, 1524-4636
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