Resistant and refractory hypertension: Reflections on pathophysiology and terminology

Blood Pressure

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 209-210

  Moreno, Heitor ^a   Coca, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; RENIN;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS INDEX; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84864218409     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037051.2012.701419     Document Type: Editorial

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