Left atrial dimension is related to blood pressure variability in newly diagnosed untreated hypertensive patients

Hypertension Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 583-587

  Cipollini, Franco ^a   Arcangeli, Enrica ^a   Seghieri, Giuseppe ^a  

^a Hypertension Outpatient Clinic   (Italy)

Author keywords

blood pressure variability; left atrial dimension; left ventricular mass; newly diagnosed hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS INDEX; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ATRIAL DIMENSION; LEFT ATRIAL POSTEROANTERIOR DIAMETER INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84982789671     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: 13484214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2016.29     Document Type: Article

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