Open AccessThe Effect of Pulse Rate and Blood Pressure Dipping Status on the Risk of Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease in Japanese Hypertensive Patients
Author(s) -
T. Kabutoya,
Satoshi Hoshide,
Jun Ishikawa,
Katsumi Eguchi,
K. Shimada,
Kazuomi Kario
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2010.45
Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , stroke (engine) , cardiology , pulse pressure , disease , hypertensive disease , pulse rate , stroke risk , ischemic stroke , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
There have been few reports on the relationship between variation in the diurnal pulse rate (PR) in relation to a nondipper blood pressure (BP) pattern and cardiovascular events in elderly hypertensives.
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