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Phenotypes of office systolic blood pressure according to both brachial and aortic measurements: frequencies and associations with carotid hypertrophy in 1861 adults.
Journal of hypertension - 1 Jul 2016
Protogerou Athanase D, Aissopou Evaggelia K, Argyris Antonis, Nasothimiou Efthimia G, Konstantonis George D, Karamanou Marianna, Papaioannou Theodoros G, Blacher Jacques, Safar Michel E, Sfikakis Petros P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: Aortic SBP (aSBP) associates with arterial damage more consistently than brachial SBP (bSBP). However, it is unknown how often aSBP is normal in the presence of elevated bSBP, and vice versa; if SBP phenotyping on the basis of bSBP and aSBP cut-off values improves cardiovascular risk stratification. We tested the frequency of four office SBP phenotypes: type I (both normal bSBP and aSBP); type II...
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