Is vascular morning blood pressure surge in the elderly resistant to antihypertensives and more risky?

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Kario, Kazuomi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MORNING SURGE IN BLOOD PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 84865446783     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.199174     Document Type: Letter

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