Pulse Pressure Amplification. A Mechanical Biomarker of Cardiovascular Risk

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1032-1037

  Benetos, Athanase ^a   Thomas, Frédérique ^b   Joly, Laure ^a   Blacher, Jacques ^c   Pannier, Bruno ^b   Labat, Carlos ^a   Salvi, Paolo ^a   Smulyan, Harold ^d   Safar, Michel E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b Centre d'Investigations Preventives et Cliniques   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk; hypertension; pulse pressure; pulse pressure amplification

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CALIBRATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349112716     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.09.061     Document Type: Article

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