Renal resistive index and cardiovascular organ damage in a large population of hypertensive patients

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 291-296

  Tedesco, M A ^a   Natale, F ^a   Mocerino, R ^a   Tassinario, G ^a   Calabro R ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; LIPID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORPHOLOGY; ORGAN INJURY; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINURIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; ITALY; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33947358955     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002145     Document Type: Article

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