Diastolic blood pressure as a major determinant of tissue perfusion: Potential clinical consequences

Bratislava Medical Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-56

  Hulin, I ^a   Kinova, S ^b   Paulis, L ^a,c   Slavkovsky, P ^a   Duris, I ^b   Mravec, B ^a,d  

^a Comenius University ^*  (Slovakia)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Diastolic blood pressure; Elderly; Microcirculation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIASTOLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIASTOLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MICROCIRCULATION;

EID: 77952928042     PISSN: 00069248     EISSN: 13360345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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