Relationships between use of statins and arterial stiffness in normotensive and hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3087-3092

  Wang, Zhi guang ^a   Chen, Bing wei ^a   Lü, Na qiang ^a   Cheng, Yan mei ^a   Dang, Ai min ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Coronary artery disease; Hypertension; Statins

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE WAVE;

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84882268892     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20130789     Document Type: Article

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