Blood pressure is not associated with cerebral blood flow in older persons

Hypertension

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 954-960

  Foster Dingley, Jessica C ^a   Moonen, Justine E F ^a   De Craen, Anton J M ^a   De Ruijter, Wouter ^a   Van Der Mast, Roos C ^a,b   Van Der Grond, Jeroen ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

aging; blood flow; blood pressure; cerebral small vessel diseases; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LACUNAR STROKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; AGING; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUG EFFECTS; FOLLOW UP; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84943379619     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05799     Document Type: Article

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