Isolated systolic hypertension, pulse pressure, and arterial stiffness as risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 204-211

  O'Rourke, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGING; ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033139915     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-999-0022-9     Document Type: Article

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