Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 5 , Pages 341-346 , September 2007

Central aortic pulsatile hemodynamics in obese premenopausal women

  • Nadia Ounis–Skali, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Rhonda Bentley–Lewis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Gary F. Mitchell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Engineering, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
    • Dr. Gary F. Mitchell is the owner of Cardiovascular Engineering, Inc. This company designs and manufactures devices that measure vascular stiffness and these devices are used in clinical trials that evaluate the effects of diseases and interventions on vascular stiffness. He receives a salary as a result of this relationship.
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  • Scott Solomon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Ellen W. Seely, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Ellen W. Seely, MD, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. Tel: 617-732-5661; fax: 617-732-5764.

Received 13 March 2007 ,Accepted 7 June 2007.

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 This study was supported by NIH Grants: GCRC at Brigham and Women’s Hospital M01 RR 002635, R01 HL 67332 (E.W.S.), and K24 RR 018613 (E.W.S.).

PII: S1933-1711(07)00128-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2007.06.004

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 1, Issue 5 , Pages 341-346 , September 2007

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