Diastolic blood pressure and mortality in the elderly with cardiovascular disease

Hypertension

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 172-180

  Protogerou, Athanase D ^a   Safar, Michel E ^a   Iaria, Pierre ^a   Safar, Hélène ^a   Le Dudal, Katia ^a   Filipovsky, Jan ^b   Henry, Olivier ^a   Ducimetière, Pierre ^c   Blacher, Jacques ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Diastolic blood pressure; Elderly; Mortality; Pressure wave reflections; Total peripheral resistance

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; SULFONAMIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULSE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 34250819387     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.089797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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