Wave reflection in systolic hypertension: Smaller stature, shorter aorta: Higher pulse pressure?

Hypertension

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Richart, Tom ^a,b   Kouznetsova, Tatiana ^a   Struijker Boudier, Harry ^b   Staessen, Jan A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SPIKE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEIN B-100; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 42349103129     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.110254     Document Type: Letter

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