From casual blood pressure measurement to long-term blood pressure burden: Better elucidation of the association between versatile blood pressures and cardiovascular events

Hypertension Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-51

  Wang, Tzung Dau ^a   Sheu, Wayne H H ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PROGNOSIS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 78650865360     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2010.204     Document Type: Note

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