Associations of ambulatory blood pressure levels with white matter hyperintensity volumes in hypertensive patients

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1446-1452

  Henskens, Léon H ^a   Kroon, Abraham A ^a,c   Van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^b   Gronenschild, Ed H ^b   Hofman, Paul A ^b   Lodder, Jan ^b   De Leeuw, Peter W ^a  

^a Subdivision Vascular Medicine   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Blood pressure; Brain MRI; Hypertension; White matter hyperintensities; White matter hyperintensity volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 67649768639     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32832b5204     Document Type: Article

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