Hypertension and the "J-Curve"

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 54, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 1835-1836

  Williams, Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CAD; hypertension; myocardial infarction; pulse pressure; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; J CURVE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 70350557627     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.06.043     Document Type: Review

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