Prevalence of residual left ventricular structural changes after one year of antihypertensive treatment in patients of African descent: Role of 24-hour pulse pressure

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-152

  Libhaber, Elena N ^a,c   Norton, Gavin R ^c   Libhaber, Carlos D ^b   Woodiwiss, Angela J ^c   Candy, Geoffrey P ^b   Essop, Mohammed R ^a   Sareli, Pinhas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure; Antihypertensive therapy; Left ventricular geometry; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; BODY MASS INDEX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84860322413     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2012-001     Document Type: Article

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