Effects of Normal Blood Pressure, Prehypertension, and Hypertension on Coronary Microvascular Function | Zendy

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Effects of Normal Blood Pressure, Prehypertension, and Hypertension on Coronary Microvascular Function

Author(s) -

Doğan Erdoğan,

İbrahim Yıldırım,

Özgür Çiftçi,

İsmail Özer,

Mustafa Çalışkan,

Hakan Güllü,

Haldun Müderrisoğlu

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.650747

Subject(s) - medicine , prehypertension , cardiology , blood pressure , diastole , doppler echocardiography

The assessment of coronary flow reserve (CFR) by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography has recently been introduced into clinical practice, and reduced CFR has been suggested to be a sensitive indicator of hypertensive end-organ damage; however, to date, this methodology has not been used to evaluate CFR in subjects with prehypertension. Accordingly, the present study was designed to evaluate CFR in subjects with prehypertension.

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