Letter by Dart et al regarding article, "Differential impact of blood pressure-lowering drugs on central aortic pressure and clinical outcomes: Principal results of the Conduit Artery Function Evaluation (CAFE) Study" [2]

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Dart, Anthony M ^a   Gatzka, Christoph D ^b   Kingwell, Bronwyn ^c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AORTA PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; WAVEFORM;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AORTA; ATENOLOL; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STROKE VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749613788     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.626184     Document Type: Letter

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