Arterial stiffness, central hemodynamics, and cardiovascular risk in hypertension

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 725-739

  Palatini, Paolo ^a   Casiglia, Edoardo ^a   Gasowski, Jerzy ^b   Głuszek, Jerzy ^c   Jankowski, Piotr ^b   Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ^d   Saladini, Francesca ^a   Stolarz Skrzypek, Katarzyna ^b   Tikhonoff, Valérie ^a   Van Bortel, Luc ^e   Wojciechowska, Wiktoria ^b   Kawecka Jaszcz, Kalina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c University Hospital   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arterial elasticity; Central blood pressure; Compliance; Pulse wave velocity; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENETICS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863603269     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/VHRM.S25270     Document Type: Review

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