Central blood pressure and hypertension: Role in cardiovascular risk assessment

Clinical Science

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 273-282

  Safar, Michel E ^a   Jankowski, Piotr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive medication; Cardiovascular risk; Central blood pressure; Hypertension; Peripheral blood pressure; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; EPLERENONE; INDAPAMIDE; NEBIVOLOL; PERINDOPRIL; PLACEBO; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; AORTA FLOW; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW;

AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 60549102077     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20080072     Document Type: Review

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