Assessing cardiovascular risk should we discard diastolic blood pressure?

Circulation

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-212

  Schillaci, Giuseppe ^a   Pirro, Matteo ^a   Mannarino, Elmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Editorials; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIASTOLE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIASTOLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59849111097     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.827931     Document Type: Editorial

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