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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821223503321

Autore

Ng Keith Wan Kee

Titolo

Vascular function and structure in the rat aorta / / by Keith Wan Kee Ng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013

ISBN

1-4438-6512-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Disciplina

616.138

Soggetti

Aorta - Pathophysiology

Rats

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF ACRONYMS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

One of the inevitable consequences of ageing is the progressive widening of pulse pressure resulting from stiffening of large arteries. While a large body of literature has been devoted to understanding blood pressure, a parameter proven to be predictive of cardiovascular health, very few books are devoted to explaining arterial stiffening, how it worsens, and why is it important for physicians to consider arterial stiffening when treating resistant hypertension. This book fills this gap. The...