Association of increased arterial stiffness and inflammation with proteinuria and left ventricular hypertrophy in non-diabetic hypertensive patients

Blood Pressure

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 270-275

  Tsai, Wei Chuan ^a   Lin, Chih Chan ^a   Huang, Yao Yi ^a   Chen, Ju Yi ^a   Chen, Jyh Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; C reactive protein; Digital volume pulse; Hypertension; Proteinuria; Stiffness index

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; PULSE WAVE;

ADULT; ARTERIES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; PROTEINURIA; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 35148871357     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050701464443     Document Type: Article

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