Vascular Stiffness
"Vascular Stiffness" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Loss of vascular ELASTICITY due to factors such as AGING; and ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. Increased arterial stiffness is one of the RISK FACTORS for many CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES.
| Descriptor ID |
D059289
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G09.330.940
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vascular Stiffness" by people in Profiles.
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West JD, Carrier EJ, Bloodworth NC, Schroer AK, Chen P, Ryzhova LM, Gladson S, Shay S, Hutcheson JD, Merryman WD. Serotonin 2B Receptor Antagonism Prevents Heritable Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. PLoS One. 2016; 11(2):e0148657.