The pathogenesis of arterial stiffness and its prognostic value in essential hypertension and cardiovascular diseases

Hippokratia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-75

  Gkaliagkousi, E ^a   Douma, S ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Pulse pressure; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COLLAGEN FIBER; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; MARKER; PERINDOPRIL; PLACEBO; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY; ARTERY WALL; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEGENERATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTICITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EXERCISE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; PATHOGENESIS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; REVIEW; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; WAVEFORM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 65749113530     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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