High pulse pressure as a marker of preclinical cardiovascular disease

Future Cardiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-168

  de Simone, Giovanni ^a   Chinali, Marcello ^a  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Preclinical cardiovascular disease; Prognosis; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MARKER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33646590596     PISSN: 14796678     EISSN: 17448298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/14796678.2.2.165     Document Type: Article

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