Comparison of the left atrial appendage flow velocities between patients with dipper versus nondipper hypertension

Echocardiography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-396

  Kumak, Ferhat ^a   Gungor, Hasan ^b  

^a Mus Sifa Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Mus State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

dipper; hypertension; left atrial appendage; nondipper

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPPER HYPERTENSION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONDIPPER HYPERTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859756797     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01638.x     Document Type: Article

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