Cardiovascular consequences of extreme prematurity: The EPICure study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1367-1373

  McEniery, Carmel M ^a   Bolton, Charlotte E ^b   Fawke, Joseph ^c   Hennessy, Enid ^d   Stocks, Janet ^e   Wilkinson, Ian B ^a   Cockcroft, John R ^f   Marlow, Neil ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NIHR NOTTINGHAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; blood pressure; premature; wave reflections

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; AORTA FLOW; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXTREME PREMATURITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 79958769724     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328347e333     Document Type: Article

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