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Preferred term

Vascular Stiffness  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Aortic Stiffness
  • Aortic Stiffnesses
  • Arterial Stiffness
  • Arterial Stiffnesses
  • Stiffness, Aortic
  • Stiffness, Arterial

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2012

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D059289

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