Pulse pressure and risk for myocardial infarction and heart failure in the elderly

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 130-138

  Vaccarino, Viola ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; INSULIN; NIFEDIPINE; NITRATE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PULSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033910518     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00687-2     Document Type: Article

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