Sphygmomanometrically determined pulse pressure is a powerful independent predictor of recurrent events after myocardial infarction in patients with impaired left ventricular function

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 4254-4260

  Mitchell, Gary F ^a,d   Moyé, Lemuel A ^e   Braunwald, Eugene ^a   Rouleau, Jean Lucien ^e   Bernstein, Victoria ^b   Geltman, Edward M ^c   Flaker, Greg C ^e   Pfeffer, Marc A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Arteriosclerosis; Atherosclerosis; Hemodynamics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031454018     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.12.4254     Document Type: Article

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