Carotid intima-media thickness is associated with cognitive deficiency in hypertensive patients with elevated central systolic blood pressure

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dias, Eros Da Mota ^a   Giollo, Luiz Tadeu ^a   Martinelli, Débora Dada ^a   Mazeti, Camila ^a   Júnior, Heitor Moreno ^b   Vilela Martin, José Fernando ^a   Yugar Toledo, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central systolic blood pressure; Cognitive impairment; Hypertension; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RADIAL ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84867517826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-10-41     Document Type: Article

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