Left ventricular mass increase is associated with cognitive decline and dementia in the elderly independently of blood pressure

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1525-1529

  Scuteri, Angelo ^a   Coluccia, Roberta ^a   Castello, Lorenzo ^a   Nevola, Edoardo ^a   Brancati, Anna Maria ^a   Volpe, Massimo ^b,c  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Cognition; Dementia; Elderly; Left ventricular mass; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULSE;

EID: 67651094144     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp133     Document Type: Article

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