The importance of blood pressure variability in hypertension

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Mancia, Giuseppe ^a   Omboni, Stefano ^b   Parati, Gianfranco ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Arterial baroreflex; Hypertension; Organ damage

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LISINOPRIL;

ACCURACY; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NERVE CELL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; TARGET ORGAN; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033944638     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200005001-00003     Document Type: Review

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