How to Measure 24-hour Central Blood Pressure and Its Potential Clinical Implications

High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 141-148

  Pucci, Giacomo ^a,b   Battista, Francesca ^a,b   Crocetti, Alessandra ^a,b   Tilocca, Giovanni ^a,b   Boschetti, Enrico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Struttura Complessa di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Blood pressure amplification; Cardiovascular risk; Central blood pressure; Hypertension; Target organ damage

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; WAVEFORM; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85020049666     PISSN: 11209879     EISSN: 11791985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40292-017-0202-7     Document Type: Review

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