Reduced nocturnal fall in blood pressure, assessed by two ambulatory blood pressure monitorings and cardiac alterations in early phases of untreated essential hypertension

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 245-251

  Cuspidi, C ^a   Michev, I ^a   Meani, S ^a   Severgnini, B ^a   Fusi, V ^a   Corti, C ^a   Salerno, M ^a   Valerio, C ^a   Magrini, F ^a   Zanchetti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Cardiac structure; Nondippers

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NIGHT; ORGAN INJURY; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TARGET ORGAN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE AREA; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINAL DISEASES; STATISTICS; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0038736958     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001546     Document Type: Article

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