Pulse pressure: A predictor of long-term cardiovascular mortality in a french male population

Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1410-1415

  Benetos, Athanase ^a,b   Safar, Michel ^b   Rudnichi, Annie ^a   Smulyan, Harold ^d   Richard, Jacques Lucien ^c   Ducimetière, Pierre ^c   Guize, Louis ^a,c  

^a Investigations Preventives Cliniques   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c U258   (France)

^d SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0030700827     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.30.6.1410     Document Type: Article

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