Effects of atrial fibrillation on arterial stiffness in patients with hypertension

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 459-463

  Lee, Sang Hak ^a   Choi, Seonghoon ^b   Jung, Jae Hun ^b   Lee, Namho ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arteries; Atrial fibrillation; Compliance; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 49649126867     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707309305     Document Type: Article

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