Lack of association between blood pressure variability and left ventricular mass in essential hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 515-522

  Schillaci, Giuseppe ^a   Verdecchia, Paolo ^a   Borgioni, Claudia ^a   Ciucci, Antonella ^a   Porcellati, Carlo ^a  

^a Ospedale Beato G Villa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Arterial hypertension; Blood pressure variability; Hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOMEGALY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031813642     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(97)00413-5     Document Type: Article

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