Impact of nocturnal fall in blood pressure on early cardiovascular changes in essential hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1339-1344

  Cuspidi, Cesare ^a,c   Lonati, Laura ^a   Sampieri, Lorena ^a   Macca, Giuseppe ^a   Valagussa, Laura ^a   Zaro, Tiziana ^a   Michev, Iassen ^a   Fusi, Veronica ^a   Leonetti, Gastone ^b   Zanchetti, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c Ctro Fisiol Clinica e Ipertensione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Carotid wall thickness; Dippers; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Non dippers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032710942     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917090-00015     Document Type: Article

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