Blood pressure variability remains an elusive predictor of cardiovascular outcome

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-4

  Hansen, Tine W ^a   Li, Yan ^b   Staessen, Jan A ^c,d  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDITORIAL; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57749202544     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.322     Document Type: Editorial

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