Is it Morning Blood Pressure Surge or Extreme Nocturnal Dipping That Accounts for the Increased Stroke Risk in the Morning Waking Hours?

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 847-847

  Cohen, Debbie L ^a   Townsend, Raymond R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; PERIODICITY; STROKE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PERIODICITY; STROKE;

EID: 84919684886     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12438     Document Type: Article

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