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Maternal carotid remodeling and increased carotid arterial stiffness in normal late-gestational pregnancy as assessed by radio-frequency ultrasound technique

BACKGROUND: The adaption of elastic arteries to transient increase in hemodynamic load in normal pregnancy (NP) remains controversial. The purpose of this study was to investigate the NP carotid remodeling and regional arterial stiffness before and after parturition. METHODS: Fifty-one NP women and...

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Autores principales: Yuan, Li-Jun, Xue, Dan, Duan, Yun-You, Cao, Tie-Sheng, Zhou, Ning
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3669620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23710816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-13-122