Smaller aortic dimensions do not fully account for the greater pulse pressure in elderly female hypertensives

Hypertension

Volumn 51, Issue 4 PART 2 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1129-1134

  Dart, Anthony M ^a,e   Kingwell, Bronwyn A ^a   Gatzka, Christoph D ^b   Willson, Kristyn ^c   Liang, Yu Lu ^c   Berry, Karen L ^c   Wing, Lindon M H ^c   Reid, Christopher M ^c   Ryan, Philip ^c   Beilin, Lawrence J ^c   Jennings, Garry L R ^c   Johnston, Colin I ^c   McNeil, John J ^c   MacDonald, Graham J ^c   Morgan, Trefor O ^c   West, Malcolm J ^c   Cameron, James D ^d  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Second Australian National Blood Pressure Study Group   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Blood pressure; Elderly; Gender; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 40849145787     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.106310     Document Type: Article

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