Role of echocardiography and carotid ultrasonography in stratifying risk in patients with essential hypertension: The Assessment of Prognostic Risk Observational Survey

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1307-1314

  Cuspidi, Cesare ^a   Ambrosioni, Ettore ^a   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a   Pessina, Achille C ^a   Trimarco, Bruno ^a   Zanchetti, Alberto ^a  

^a Ctro di Fisiol Clin e Ipertens   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk stratification; Carotid ultrasonography; Echocardiography; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET ORGAN; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLE; EVALUATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL; DATA COLLECTION; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0036628753     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200207000-00017     Document Type: Article

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