Augmentation index and central aortic blood pressure in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2252-2257

  Ruegg, Gion ^a   Mason, Rebecca H ^b   Hardinge, Maxine ^b   Perkins, Jeremy ^c   Husmann, Marc ^a   Russi, Erich W ^a   Bloch, Konrad E ^a   Stradling, John R ^b   Kohler, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; arterial stiffness; augmentation index; blood pressure

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETRY;

EID: 77958463224     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32833e1187     Document Type: Article

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