Carotid atherosclerosis progression: The importance of systolic blood pressure

Hypertension Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 890-891

  Cuspidi, Cesare ^a,b   Tadic, Marijana ^c   Sala, Carla ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c Surgical Clinic   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROALBUMINURIA; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREMENOPAUSE; PULSE PRESSURE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE MATTER LESION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84927130715     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2014.119     Document Type: Note

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