Response to Indices of Blood Pressure Variability and Cardiovascular Risk
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Indices of blood pressure variability and cardiovascular risk.
Letters to the Editor will be published, if suitable, as space permits. They should not exceed 1000 words (typed double-spaced) in length and may be subject to editing or abridgment. To the Editor: I read with interest the article by Hansen et al 1 evaluating the relation between blood pressure (BP) variability and risk. The prognostic value of BP variability, expressed as SD, was previously ev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.110.155515