Phenomenon of declining blood pressure in elderly - High systolic levels are undervalued with Korotkoff method

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Siennicki Lantz, Arkadiusz ^a   Elmståhl, Sölve ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SYSTOLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYSTOLE;

EID: 80053455153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-57     Document Type: Article

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