Hypertension accelerates the 'normal' aging process with a premature increase in left atrial volume

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-156

  Boyd, Anita C ^a   Eshoo, Suzanne ^b   Richards, David A B ^a,c   Thomas, Liza ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aging; echocardiography; Hypertension; left atrium

Indexed keywords

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

A WAVE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURETIC THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875368182     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: 18787436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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