Assessment of target organ damage in the evaluation and follow-up of hypertensive patients: Where do we stand?

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 742-747

  Shlomai, Gadi ^a,b   Grassi, Guido ^c,d   Grossman, Ehud ^a,b   Mancia, Giuseppe ^c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALISKIREN; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ATENOLOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FOSINOPRIL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IRBESARTAN; LACIDIPINE; LOSARTAN; NIFEDIPINE; OLMESARTAN; PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL; TELMISARTAN;

ALBUMINURIA; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; URINARY EXCRETION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884971595     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12185     Document Type: Review

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