Mental stress, arterial stiffness, central pressures, and cardiovascular risk

Hypertension

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^a   Xaplanteris, Panagiotis ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART PERFUSION; HEART WORK; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; STIMULATION;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955983137     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.156505     Document Type: Letter

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