Increasing prevalence of hypertension among patients with thoracic aorta dissection: Trends over eight decades-A structured meta-analysis

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 907-917

  Chan, Kenneth K ^a   Rabkin, Simon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

blood pressure; hypertension; metaanalysis; thoracic aortic dissection

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL HISTORY; META ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC AORTA DISSECTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MEDLINE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84902455718     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt293     Document Type: Article

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