Ambulatory arterial stiffness index: Determinants and outcome

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-110

  Li, Yan ^a,b   Dolan, Eamon ^c,d   Wang, Ji Guang ^a   Thijs, Lutgarde ^b   Zhu, Ding Liang ^a   Staessen, Jan A ^b,e   O'Brien, Eoin ^c,d   Stanton, Alice ^c,d  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e Studies Coordinating Centre   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Arterial stiffness; Cardiovascular mortality; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

EID: 33744506670     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mbp.0000189791.90488.a1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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