The Aging Process Modifies the Distensibility of Elastic but not Muscular Arteries
- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 34 (4) , 889-892
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.34.4.889
Abstract
—Aging decreases the distensibility of large elastic arteries; however, the effects of age on the functional parameters of muscular, medium-sized arteries are not well determined. This stud...Keywords
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