Wars, war games, and dead bodies on the battlefield: Variations on the theme of blood pressure variability

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2722-2724

  Zanchetti, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

antihypertensive agents; blood pressure variability; hypertension; stroke incidence

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 80053299952     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.626747     Document Type: Review

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