Increased arterial stiffness in children with Williams syndrome and normal blood pressure

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 257-261

  Bassareo, Pier Paolo ^a   Mercuro, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

arterial compliance; prognostic tests; Qkd interval; Williams syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTA SUPRAVALVULAR STENOSIS; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; PULSE WAVE; QKD INTERVAL; QRS COMPLEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 77957587103     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0b013e32833e4f7d     Document Type: Article

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