Night-time blood pressure patterns and target organ damage: A review

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 132-138

  Routledge, Faye S ^a   McFetridge Durdle, Judith A ^a   Dean, C R ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood pressure dipping; Blood pressure nondipping; Dippers; Nondippers; Target organ damage

Indexed keywords

ARTERY WALL; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY; CINAHL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGHT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES;

EID: 34047108671     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(07)70733-X     Document Type: Review

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