Central aortic blood pressure and cardiovascular risk: A paradigm shift?

Hypertension

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1470-1471

  Avolio, Alberto ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EDITORIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; AORTA; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 45849127209     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.108910     Document Type: Editorial

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