Gender difference in the relation blood pressureleft ventricular mass and geometry in newly diagnosed arterial hypertension

Blood Pressure

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 255-264

  Cipollini, Franco ^a   Arcangeli, Enrica ^a   Greco, Emanuela ^a   Franconi, Flavia ^b   Pettinà, Giuseppe ^a   Seghieri, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Spedali Riuniti ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

24 h ABPM; Arterial hypertension; Gender; Left ventricular mass; Left ventricular remodelling; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAUCASIAN; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84864189430     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037051.2012.676752     Document Type: Article

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