How to treat arterial stiffness beyond blood pressure lowering?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1051-1053

  Van Bortel, Luc M ^a,b   De Backer, Tine ^a,b   De Buyzere, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT; ALAGEBRIUM; AMILORIDE PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRATE; PERINDOPRIL;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; EFFECT SIZE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASODILATATION;

EID: 79955634823     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328347cca9     Document Type: Editorial

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