Blood pressure regulation during the aging process: The end of the 'hypertension era'?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 646-652

  Benetos, Athanase ^a,b   Salvi, Paolo ^a,b   Lacolley, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

aging; cardiovascular risk; central blood pressure; elderly; pulse wave analysis; pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGING; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 79952763929     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283424be0     Document Type: Review

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