Arterial wall thickening at different sites and its association with left ventricular hypertrophy in newly diagnosed essential hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 324-331

  Vaudo, Gaetano ^a   Schillaci, Giuseppe ^a,b   Evangelista, Franco ^a   Pasqualini, Leonella ^a   Verdecchia, Paolo ^a   Mannarino, Elmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertrophy; Atherosclerosis; Hypertension; Ultrasonography; Wall thickness

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0034030465     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(99)00229-0     Document Type: Article

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