A new method for assessing 24-h blood pressure variability after excluding the contribution of nocturnal blood pressure fall

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2058-2066

  Bilo, Grzegorz ^a,b,c   Giglio, Alessia ^b   Styczkiewicz, Katarzyna ^b,c   Caldara, Gianluca ^b   Maronati, Alberto ^b   Kawecka Jaszcz, Kalina ^c   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a,b   Parati, Gianfranco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Arterial hypertension; Blood pressure variability; Left ventricular mass; Nocturnal blood pressure fall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34748853755     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32829c6a60     Document Type: Article

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