Aortic stiffness is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive patients

Hypertension

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1236-1241

  Laurent, St́phane ^a,e   Boutouyrie, Pierre ^a   Asmar, Roland ^b   Gautier, Isabelle ^a   Laloux, Brigitte ^a   Guize, Louis ^c,d   Ducimetiere, Pierre ^d   Benetos, Athanase ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b Institut Cardiovasculaire   (France)

^c Investigations Preventives et Cliniques   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Cardiovascular diseases; Distensibility; Hypertension, essential; Mortality; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AORTA; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RIGIDITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0035714567     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.37.5.1236     Document Type: Article

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