Gender-specific brachial artery blood pressure-independent relationship between pulse wave velocity and left ventricular mass index in a group of African ancestry

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1619-1628

  Libhaber, Elena ^a,b   Woodiwiss, Angela J ^a,b   Libhaber, Carlos ^b   Maseko, Muzi ^a   Majane, Olebogeng Hi ^a   Makaula, Siyanda ^a   Dessein, Patrick ^a   Essop, Mohammed R ^b   Sareli, Pinhas ^a   Norton, Gavin R ^a,b  

^a Brain Function Research Unit   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Arterial stiffness; Cardiac hypertroph

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 51549109212     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328302ca27     Document Type: Article

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