Carotid Artery Wall Hypertrophy With Age Is Related to Local Systolic Blood Pressure in Healthy Men
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 21 (1), 82-87
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.21.1.82
Abstract
—Carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) increases with advancing age in humans. The underlying mechanism of this increase is unknown, but data from animal studies suggest that a chroni...Keywords
This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
- AGING AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASECardiology Clinics, 1999
- Cardiopulmonary baroreflex inhibition of sympathetic nerve activity is preserved with age in healthy humansThe Journal of Physiology, 1999
- Carotid-Artery Intima and Media Thickness as a Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Older AdultsNew England Journal of Medicine, 1999
- ConferenceJournal of the American College of Cardiology, 1997
- Carotid artery intima‐media thickness as an indicator of generalized atherosclerosisJournal of Internal Medicine, 1994
- Age and gender influence muscle sympathetic nerve activity at rest in healthy humans.Hypertension, 1993
- Events of interestJournal of Vascular Surgery, 1993
- Aging and atherosclerosis in the rabbitAtherosclerosis, 1991
- Prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis and serum cholesterol levels in eastern Finland.Arteriosclerosis: An Official Journal of the American Heart Association, Inc., 1988
- Cyclic Stretching Stimulates Synthesis of Matrix Components by Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells in VitroScience, 1976