Pulsatility of ascending aortic blood pressure waveform is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 5 I, 2001, Pages 469-473

  Nishijima, Takahiro ^a   Nakayama, Yasunori ^a,c   Tsumura, Kei ^b   Yamashita, Naotoshi ^a   Yoshimaru, Kiyomichi ^a   Ueda, Hiroyasu ^a   Hayashi, Tomoshige ^a   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^b  

^a Ishikiriseiki Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Ishikiriseiki Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Coronary disease; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035022860     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(00)01288-7     Document Type: Article

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