Factors underlying the increase in carotid intima-media thickness in borderline hypertensives

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1231-1237

  Pauletto, Paolo ^a   Palatini, P ^c   Da Ros, S ^c   Pagliara, V ^c   Santipolo, N ^c   Baccillieri, S ^c   Casiglia, E ^c   Mormino, P ^c   Pessina, A C ^c   Marcovina, Santica M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Borderline hypertension; Carotid; Intimal medial thickness; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; SHEAR STRESS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0032964725     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.5.1231     Document Type: Article

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