Hypertension and coronary artery disease: Mechanistic insights and therapeutic challenges

Blood Pressure

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 260-261

  Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ^a   Kjeldsen, Sverre E ^a   Hedner, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTERY DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 28244485990     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050500350876     Document Type: Editorial

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