Troponin and the J-Curve of Diastolic Blood Pressure: When Lower Is Not Better

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 1723-1726

  Bhatt, Deepak L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary disease; coronary perfusion; hypertension; myocardial damage

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TROPONIN T; TROPONIN;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAINTNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; J CURVE DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; KIDNEY DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOSIS; DIASTOLE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; TROPONIN;

EID: 84994096940     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.08.007     Document Type: Editorial

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