Association of blood pressure indices and stroke mortality in isolated systolic hypertension

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1288-1290

  Paultre, Furcy ^a   Mosca, Lori ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 20444407585     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000166201.79222.4d     Document Type: Article

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