Is high pulse pressure a marker of preclinical cardiovascular disease?

Hypertension

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 575-579

  De Simone, Giovanni ^a,b,d   Roman, Mary J ^b   Alderman, Michael H ^c   Galderisi, Maurizio ^a   De Divitiis, Oreste ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Atherosclerosis; Blood pressure; Hypertension, arterial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 15744405121     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000158268.95012.08     Document Type: Article

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