Omapatrilat Reduces Pulse Pressure and Proximal Aortic Stiffness in Patients With Systolic Hypertension
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- 25 June 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 105 (25) , 2955-2961
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000020500.77568.3c
Abstract
Background— Increased pulse pressure, an indicator of conduit vessel stiffness, is a strong independent predictor of cardiovascular events in hypertensive cohorts, which suggests that reduction of ...Keywords
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