Ambulatory arterial stiffness index or pulse pressure: Which correlates better with arterial stiffness in resistant hypertension?

Hypertension Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-613

  Muxfeldt, Elizabeth S ^a   Fiszman, Roberto ^a   Castelpoggi, Carlos Henrique ^a   Salles, Gil F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Arterial stiffness; Pulse pressure; Pulse wave velocity; Resistant hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 44649171503     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.31.607     Document Type: Article

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