Pulse pressure amplification and risk of cardiovascular disease

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 388-392

  Nijdam, Marie Elise ^a   Plantinga, Yvonne ^a   Hulsen, Hans T ^a   Bos, Willem J W ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a   Bots, Michiel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PULSE; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 41349086485     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2007.89     Document Type: Article

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