Relation of blood pressure variability to carotid atherosclerosis and carotid artery and left ventricular hypertrophy

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1507-1511

  Roman, Mary J ^a,b   Pickering, Thomas G ^a,b   Schwartz, Joseph E ^a,b   Pini, Riccardo ^c   Devereux, Richard B ^a,b  

^a Hypertension Center   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Blood pressure; Carotid arteries; Hypertension; Hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THICKNESS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035575163     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hq0901.095149     Document Type: Article

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