Nocturnal fall of blood pressure with antihypertensive therapy and recurrence of ischaemic stroke: 'The lower the better' revisited

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1131-1132

  Sierra, Cristina ^a   Coca, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN PROTECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 20844460322     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000170372.26140.c3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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