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Submitted on October 10, 2004
Revised on November 11, 2004

Aortic Diameter, Aortic Stiffness, and Wave Reflection Increase With Age and Isolated Systolic Hypertension

Michael F. O'Rourke^* and Wilmer W. Nichols

From the VCCRI/University of New South Wales/St. Vincent’s Clinic (M.O.), Sydney, Australia; and the Departments of Medicine and Physiology (W.N.), University of Florida, Gainesville.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: M.ORourke{at}unsw.edu.au.

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