Open AccessLimb Blood Flow and Vascular Conductance Are Reduced With Age in Healthy Humans
Author(s) -
Frank A. Dinenno,
P. P. Jones,
Douglas R. Seals,
Hirofumi Tanaka
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.100.2.164
Subject(s) - medicine , vascular resistance , femoral artery , blood flow , femoral nerve , hemodynamics , cardiology , blood pressure , microneurography , artery , ageing , heart rate , anatomy , baroreflex
We tested the hypothesis that basal (resting) limb blood flow and vascular conductance are reduced with age in adult humans and that these changes are related to elevations in sympathetic vasoconstrictor nerve activity and reductions in limb oxygen demand.
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