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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ng, Keith Wan Kee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aorta--Pathophysiology.

Aorta.

Rats.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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...

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 18, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6512-5

OCLC:

891395795