Cardiac and Vascular Structural Changes Prevalence and Relation to Ambulatory Blood Pressure in a Middle-aged General Population in Northern Italy: The Vobarno Study

Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1046-1052

  Muiesan, Maria Lorenza ^a   Pasini, GianFranco ^b   Salvetti, Massimo ^a   Calebich, Silvia ^a   Zulli, Roberto ^a   Castellano, Maurizio ^a   Rizzoni, Damiano ^a   Bettoni, Giorgio ^a   Cinelli, Angelo ^a   Porteri, Enzo ^a   Corsetti, Vittorio ^b   Agabiti Rosei, Enrico ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Gavardo Hospital   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure monitoring, ambulatory; Carotid arteries; Heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0029877888     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.27.5.1046     Document Type: Article

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