Blood pressure levels and brain volume reduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1502-1516

  Beauchet, Olivier ^a,b   Celle, Sébastien ^c   Roche, Frédéric ^c   Bartha, Robert ^d   Montero Odasso, Manuel ^e,f   Allali, Gilles ^g   Annweiler, Cédric ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Department of Medicine   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

blood pressure; brain atrophy; brain imaging; hippocampus; hypertension; meta analysis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84880571908     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32836184b5     Document Type: Review

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