Carotid Intima Media Thickness and Pulse Pressure Index In Elderly Essential Hypertensive Patients
- VernacularTitle:老年原发性高血压患者颈动脉病变与动态脉压指数
- Author:
Jie SHI
;
Yuan-Hui HU
;
Xiu-Yang SHANG
;
Jie WANG
;
Gai-Di GAO
;
Qing-Qiao SONG
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pulse pressure index;
Elderly essential hypertensive patients;
Carotid intima media thickness
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hypertension
2007;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the relationship between carotid intima media thickness (IMT) and pulse pressure index (PPI) in elderly hypertensive patients.PPI was defined as 24 h mean pulse pressure(PP)/24 h mean SBP.Methods One hundred and three elderly hypertensive patients were categorized by PPI level:group A (PPI
