Pulse pressure, arterial stiffness and wave reflections (augmentation index) as cardiovascular risk factors in hypertension

Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-24

  Safar, Michel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Epidemiology; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; INDAPAMIDE; LOSARTAN; NIFEDIPINE; PERINDOPRIL;

AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAVEFORM;

ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PULSATILE FLOW; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68749109954     PISSN: 17539447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753944707086652     Document Type: Review

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