The structural and functional consequences of diurnal variations in blood pressure in treated patients with hypertensive cerebrovascular disease

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1042-1048

  Birns, Jonathan ^a,b   Morris, Robin ^c   Jarosz, Jozef ^d   Markus, Hugh ^e   Kalra, Lalit ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Psychiatry   (United States)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cerebral small vessel disease; Leukoaraiosis; Vascular cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTELLIGENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 67649795749     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32832810d5     Document Type: Article

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