Aortic stiffness is an independent predictor of stroke in hypertensive patients

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 437-443

  Pereira, Telmo ^a,b   Maldonado, João ^c   Pereira, Liliana ^a   Conde, Jorge ^a  

^a Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Coimbra Coimbra Health School   (Portugal)

^b Universidade Metodista de Angola   (Angola)

^c Instituto de Investigacao e Formacao Cardiovascular Quinta da Portela   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aorta abnormalities; Hypertension; Stroke; Vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE WAVE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878439026     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20130079     Document Type: Article

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