Aortic and brachial blood pressures and blood pressure amplification in relation to novel and conventional cardiovascular risk factors: the SU.VI.MAX study

Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 9;168(4):4419-20. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.05.017. Epub 2013 May 29.

Authors

Yi Zhang¹, Michel E Safar, Ari Lieber, Leopold Fezeu, Serge Hercberg, Bernard I Levy, Sébastien Czernichow, Yawei Xu, Jacques Blacher

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Paris-Descartes University, Faculty of Medicine, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, AP-HP, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Center, Paris, France.

PMID: 23725914
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.05.017

No abstract available

Keywords: Aortic blood pressure; Blood pressure amplification; Hypertension.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aorta
Arterial Pressure*
Blood Pressure Determination
Brachial Artery
Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
Cardiovascular Diseases / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors