Erratum: Assessment and management of blood-pressure variability (Nature Reviews Cardiology (2013) 10 (143-155) DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2013.1);Assessment and management of blood-pressure variability

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 143-155

  Parati, Gianfranco ^a   Ochoa, Juan E ^a   Lombardi, Carolina ^a   Bilo, Grzegorz ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN II; BRADYKININ; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ENDOTHELIN 1; INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MACROALBUMINURIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SLEEP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880151080     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2014.44     Document Type: Erratum

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