J-shaped relation between blood pressure and stroke in treated hypertensives

Hypertension

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1181-1185

  Vokó, Zoltán ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^b   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cerebrovascular disorders; Cohort studies; Drug therapy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0033406277     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.34.6.1181     Document Type: Article

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