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

• Main Authors: Patino-Alonso Maria C (Author), Rodriguez-Sanchez Emiliano (Author), Martínez-Salgado Carlos (Author), Agudo-Conde Cristina (Author), Recio-Rodriguez Jose I (Author), Ramos-Delgado Emilio (Author), Garcia-Ortiz Luis (Author), Gomez-Marcos Manuel A (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<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...