Arterial stiffness and asymptomatic intracranial large arterial stenosis and calcification in hypertensive chinese

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 304-309

  Zhang, Jin ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Niu, Wenquan ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Gao, Pingjin ^a   Zhang, Liyun ^a   Lin, Huawei ^a   Chen, Kemin ^a   Zhu, Dingliang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; blood pressure; hypertension; intracranial large artery disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INTRACRANIAL LARGE ARTERIAL STENOSIS; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY PULSE; CHINA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79951661506     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2010.246     Document Type: Article

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