Adherence to antihypertensive therapy affects Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-98

  Berni, Andrea ^a   Ciani, Elisa ^a   Cecioni, Ilaria ^a   Poggesi, Loredana ^a   Abbate, Rosanna ^a   Boddi, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Adherence; Ambulatory Arterial Stiffness Index; Antihypertensive therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 78751580579     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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