Relationship between carotid artery stiffness index, BNP and high-sensitivity CRP

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 783-787

  Shroff, G R ^a   Cen, Y Y ^b   Duprez, D A ^a   Bart, B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70749148531     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.17     Document Type: Article

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