Increase in carotid intima-media thickness in grade I hypertensive subjects: White-coat versus sustained hypertension

Hypertension

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1300-1305

  Puato, Massimo ^a   Palatini, Paolo ^a   Zanardo, Marco ^a   Dorigatti, Francesca ^a   Tirrito, Carmen ^a   Rattazzi, Marcello ^a,b   Pauletto, Paolo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Medicina Interna I   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Cà Foncello ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery disease; Carotid atherosclerosis; Hypertension; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFICE VISITS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 42349099933     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.106773     Document Type: Article

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