Cross-sectional and 4-year longitudinal associations between brachial pulse pressure and common carotid intima-media thickness in a general population: The EVA study

Stroke

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 550-555

  Zureik, Mahmoud ^a   Touboul, Pierre Jean ^b   Bonithon Kopp, Claire ^a   Courbon, Dominique ^a   Berr, Claudine ^a   Leroux, Chantal ^a   Ducimetière, Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Ctr Diagn de Prev Neurovasculaire   (France)

Author keywords

Aged; Blood pressure; Carotid arteries; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE;

EID: 0032967912     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.30.3.550     Document Type: Article

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