Normotensive offspring of hypertensive parents: No evidence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in a cross-sectional study

Blood Pressure

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-9

  Aeschbacher, Beat C ^a,b   Allemann, Yves ^a   Hopf, Michael ^a   Weidmann, Peter ^b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Doppler echocardiography; Family history of hypertension; Normotensive offspring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FLOW RATE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031906212     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080370598437501     Document Type: Article

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