Nocturnal hypertension defined by fixed cut-off limits is a better predictor of left ventricular hypertrophy than non-dipping

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-389

  Perez Lloret, Santiago ^a,c   Toblli, Jorge E ^a,b   Cardinali, Daniel P ^c   Malateste, Juan Claudio ^a   Milei, José ^a  

^a Prof Dr Alberto C Taquini   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL ALEMÁN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Left mass ventricular index; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Nocturnal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 45849105635     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.027     Document Type: Article

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