Does hypertension or a previous myocardial infarction influence the blood pressure and heart rate responses to changes in body position? Results from a study with serial measurements in the supine and standing positions in 60-year-old men

Blood Pressure

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 315-322

  Hofsten, A ^a   Elmfeldt, D ^a   Svardsudd K ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age factors; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Myocardial infarction; Posture

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTURE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034492332     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080370500300000888     Document Type: Article

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