The evolving definition of systemic arterial hypertension

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-158

  Ram, C Venkata S ^a,b   Giles, Thomas D ^c  

^a Dallas Nephrology Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Definition; Hypertension; New concepts

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEART DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77953537981     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-010-0107-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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