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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-04-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/266 |