Arterial stiffness is associated with carotid atherosclerosis in hypertensive patients (The Campania Salute Network)

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 739-745

  Casalnuovo, Giuseppina ^a   Gerdts, Eva ^a,b,c   De Simone, Giovanni ^a   Izzo, Raffaele ^d   De Marco, Marina ^a   Giudice, Renata ^d   Trimarco, Bruno ^d   De Luca, Nicola ^d  

^a FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; blood pressure; carotid ultrasound; echocardiography; hypertension; rterial stiffness

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CHOLESTEROL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84863725405     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2012.38     Document Type: Article

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