Pulse pressure and subclinical cardiovascular damage in primary hypertension

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1779-1785

  Viazzi, Francesca ^a   Leoncini, Giovanna ^a   Parodi, Denise ^a   Ravera, Maura ^a   Ratto, Elena ^a   Vettoretti, Simone ^a   Tomolillo, Cinzia ^a   Del Sette, Massimo ^a   Bezante, Gian Paolo ^a   Deferrari, Giacomo ^a   Pontremoli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid wall thickness; Essential hypertension; Left ventricular mass; Microalbuminuria; Pulse pressure; Target organ damage

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TARGET ORGAN;

EID: 0036797508     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.10.1779     Document Type: Article

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