Assessing blood pressure control in dialysis patients: Finally a step forward

Hypertension

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 448-449

  Hopkins, Keith ^a   Bakris, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; NOTE; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 61749102310     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.126300     Document Type: Note

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