Spurious systolic hypertension of youth: Fit young men with elastic arteries

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-232

  Mahmud, Azra ^a   Feely, John ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amplification; Hypertension; Spurious systolic; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0037335007     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(02)03255-7     Document Type: Article

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