Risk of atrial fibrillation in dipper and nondipper sustained hypertensive patients

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 193-197

  Pierdomenico, Sante D ^a,b   Lapenna, Domenico ^a   Cuccurullo, Franco ^a  

^a University Gabriele DAnnunzio Foundation   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Patologia Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 52649118674     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e3282feea70     Document Type: Article

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