Pulse pressure is inversely related to aortic root diameter implications for the pathogenesis of systolic hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 196-202

  Farasat, S Morteza ^a   Morrell, Christopher H ^a,b   Scuteri, Angelo ^c   Ting, Chih Tai ^d,f   Yin, Frank C P ^a   Spurgeon, Harold A ^a   Chen, Chen Huan ^e   Lakatta, Edward G ^a   Najjar, Samer S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Pulse pressure; Sinus of Valsalva; Systolic hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SYSTOLE;

EID: 38549095158     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.099515     Document Type: Article

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