Renal resistive index in addition to low-grade albuminuria complements screening for target organ damage in therapy-resistant hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 608-614

  Raff, Ulrike ^a   Schmidt, Bernhard M W ^a   Schwab, Johannes ^b   Schwarz, Thomas K ^a   Achenbach, Stephan ^a   Bär, Ingrid ^b   Schmieder, Roland E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Low grade albuminuria; Resistant hypertension; Resistive index; Target organ damage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RENAL RESISTIVE INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TARGET ORGAN;

EID: 77149134323     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32833487b8     Document Type: Article

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