Blood pressure control and cognitive impairment - Why low is not always better

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 586-587

  Sabayan, Behnam ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b The   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; ORGAN PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84928198130     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8202     Document Type: Note

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