P-wave dispersion and its relationship to aortic elasticity in young prehypertensive patients

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1270-1275

  Celik, Turgay ^a   Yuksel, U Cagdas ^b   Bugan, Baris ^a   Celik, Murat ^a   Fici, Francesco ^c   Iyisoy, Atila ^a   Kilic, Selim ^a   Sonmez, Alper ^a   Yaman, Halil ^a   Isik, Ersoy ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Sarikamis Army District Hospital Turkey   (Turkey)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ELASTICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; P WAVE DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

ADULT; AORTA; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 70450221687     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.157     Document Type: Article

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