Blood pressure variability and the risk of all-cause mortality, incident myocardial infarction, and incident stroke in the cardiovascular health study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1210-1217

  Suchy Dicey, Astrid M ^a   Wallace, Erin R ^a   Mitchell, S V Elkind ^b   Aguilar, Maria ^c   Gottesman, Rebecca F ^d   Rice, Kenneth ^a   Kronmal, Richard ^a   Psaty, Bruce M ^a   Longstreth, W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure; blood pressure variability; hypertension; mortality; myocardial infarction; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE.;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890104540     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt092     Document Type: Article

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