The relationship between some of the cardiovascular risk factors and arterial stiffness parameters in essentially hypertensive patients

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 444-448

  Altun, Battal ^a   Bulucu, Fatih ^a   Demirbas, Seref ^a   Karaman, Murat ^a   Ay, Seyit Ahmet ^a   Cakar, Mustafa ^a   Apikoglu, Mehmet ^a   Saglam, Kenan ^a   Demirkol, Sait ^a   Balta, Sevket ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Augmentation index; Central aortic pressure; Hypertension; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PULSE WAVE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884541401     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: 15256006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641963.2012.746354     Document Type: Article

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