Blood pressure variability: Epidemiological and clinical issues

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-120

  Krzych, Łukasz J ^a   Bochenek, Andrzej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure variability; Epidemiology; Outcomes; Pharmacotherapy; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CHRONOTHERAPY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEMODYNAMICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885210521     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: 1898018X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2013.0022     Document Type: Review

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