High prevalence of cardiac and extracardiac target organ damage in refractory hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2063-2070

  Cuspidi, Cesare ^a,b   Macca, Giuseppe ^a   Sampieri, Lorena ^a   Michev, Iassen ^a   Salerno, Maurizio ^a   Fusi, Veronica ^a   Severgnini, Barbara ^a   Meani, Stefano ^a   Magrini, Fabio ^a   Zanchetti, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid structural changes; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Refractory hypertension; Retinal abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROALBUMINURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET ORGAN;

EID: 0034756428     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200111000-00018     Document Type: Article

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