Seeing the forest, but not the trees: Pertinent considerations for examining acute changes in pulse wave velocity in response to pharmaceutical interventions and exercise

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 768-768

  Phillips, Aaron A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VALSARTAN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VALINE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG EFFECT; FOOT TO FOOT TECHNIQUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; REST; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISCOELASTICITY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ARTERY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTERIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; TETRAZOLES; VALINE; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84907873541     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12392     Document Type: Letter

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