CHANGES IN CAROTID-ARTERY COMPLIANCE WITH AGE

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作者
BASKETT, JJ [1 ]
LEWIS, RR [1 ]
BEASLEY, MG [1 ]
GOSLING, RG [1 ]
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[1] GUYS & ST THOMAS HOSP, NON INVAS ANGIOL GRP, LONDON SE1 9RT, ENGLAND
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10.1093/ageing/19.4.241
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R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
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03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
Doppler-shifted ultrasound was used to measure arterial compliance non-invasively in the internal and external carotid pathways of 270 male and 388 female asymptomatic volunteers aged 5 to 90 years. There was a significant decrease in the compliance of both arteries from 5 to 50 years of age (p<0.001), when it then levelled out. Arteries of women were more compliant than those of men at ages 35 to 60 years. © 1990 British Geriatrics Society.
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