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Central systolic blood pressure and central pulse pressure predict left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive children

BACKGROUND: Central systolic and pulse pressures are stronger predictors of cardiovascular risk and hypertensive organ damage than brachial blood pressure. It is suggested that isolated systolic hypertension typically seen in adolescents is associated with normal central blood pressure and does not...

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Autores principales: Litwin, Mieczysław, Obrycki, Łukasz, Niemirska, Anna, Sarnecki, Jędrzej, Kułaga, Zbigniew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6394668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30426220
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00467-018-4136-7