Peripheral and central arterial pressure and its relationship to vascular target organ damage in carotid artery, retina and arterial stiffness. Development and validation of a tool. The Vaso risk study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) shows a better correlation to target organ damage and cardiovascular morbidity-mortality than office blood pressure. A loss of arterial elasticity and an increase in carotid artery intima-m...

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Main Authors: Patino-Alonso Maria C, Rodriguez-Sanchez Emiliano, Martínez-Salgado Carlos, Agudo-Conde Cristina, Recio-Rodriguez Jose I, Ramos-Delgado Emilio, Garcia-Ortiz Luis, Gomez-Marcos Manuel A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/266