Blunted reduction of pulse pressure during nighttime is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy in elderly hypertensive patients

Hypertension Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 573-579

  Iida, Takashi ^a   Kohno, Isao ^a   Fujioka, Daisuke ^a   Ichigi, Yoshihide ^a   Kawabata, Ken Ichi ^a   Obata, Jun Ei ^a   Osada, Mitsuru ^a   Takano, Hajime ^a   Umetani, Ken ^a   Kugiyama, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hypertension; Hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGHT; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 5044236065     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.27.573     Document Type: Article

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