Role of pulse pressure amplification in arterial hypertension: Experts' opinion and review of the data

Hypertension

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 375-383

  Avolio, Alberto P ^a   Van Bortel, Luc M ^b   Boutouyrie, Pierre ^c   Cockcroft, John R ^e   McEniery, Carmel M ^f   Protogerou, Athanase D ^g   Roman, Mary J ^h   Safar, Michel E ^d   Segers, Patrick ^b   Smulyan, Harold ⁱ  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g Hypertension Center   (Greece)

^h WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGING; AORTA PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE PRESSURE AMPLIFICATION; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIAL ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68549104289     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.134379     Document Type: Review

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