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Arterial Stiffness in Female Patients With Fibromyalgia and Its Relationship to Chronic Emotional and Physical Stress

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In patients with fibromyalgia (FM) syndrome, stress and pain may chronically enhance sympathetic activity, altering cardiovascular responses and inducing the arterial wall-stiffening process. We investigated arterial stiffness in FM patients using pulse wave velocity (PWV)...

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Autores principales: Lee, Ji Hyun, Cho, Kyoung Im, Kim, Seong Man, Lee, Hyeon Gook, Kim, Tae Ik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3221902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22125559
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2011.41.10.596