Noninvasive assessment of atherosclerosis in patients with isolated hypertension

Echocardiography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-160

  Guntekin, Unal ^a   Gunes, Yilmaz ^a   Gunes, Ahmet ^b   Ceylan, Yemlihan ^a   Gumrukcuoglu, Hasan Ali ^a   Yucel, Yavuz ^c   Simsek, Hakki ^a   Tuncer, Mustafa ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Urfa Kalp Merkezi Cardiology Department   (Turkey)

^c Neurology Department   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Flow mediated dilatation; Hypertension; Intima media thickness; Propagation velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA FLOW; AORTIC FLOW PROPAGATION VELOCITY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FLOW MEDIATED DILATATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77649219834     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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