Relationship between blood pressure measured in the clinic and by ambulatory monitoring and left ventricular size as measured by electrocardiogram in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 253-262

  Cox, John ^a   Amery, Antoon ^b   Clementt, Denis ^a   De Cort, Paul ^c   Fagard, Robert ^b   Fowler, Gillian ^d   Iranzo, Rafael M ^e   Mancia, Giuseppe ^f   O'brien, Eoin ^a   O'malley, Kevin ^a   Palatini, Paolo ^g   Parati, Gianfranco ^d   Petrie, James ^h   Ravogli, Antonella ^d   Rosenfeld, Joseph ⁱ   Staessen, Jan ^b   Thijs, Lutgarde ^b   Webster, John ^f  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Royal Infirmary ^*  (Belgium)

^e ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f Hospital Nuestra Senora de Covadonga   (Spain)

^g FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^h Policlinico Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; R WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0027285068     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199303000-00007     Document Type: Article

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