Relationship between myocardial performance index and aortic distensibility in patients with essential hypertension

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-142

  Gur, M ^a   Yilmaz, R ^a   Demirbag, R ^a   Yildiz, A ^a   Ozdogru, I ^b   Bas, M M ^a   Polat, M ^a  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 37349050976     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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