Conventional and ambulatory blood pressure measurement in older patients with isolated systolic hypertension: Second progress report on the ambulatory blood pressure monitoring project in the Syst-Eur trial

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-103

  Thijs, Lutgarde ^a,b   Celis, Hilde ^a   Clement, Deny ^a   Gil Extremera, Blas ^a   Kawecka Jaszcz, Kalina ^a   Mancia, Guiseppe ^a   Parati, Gianfranco ^a   Salvetti, Antonio ^a   Sarti, Cinzia ^a   Van Den Meiracker, Anton H ^a   O'Brien, Eoin ^a   Staessen, Jan A ^a   Fagard, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Conventional sphygmomanormetry; Elderly; Isolated systolic hypertension; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003000385     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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