The second systolic radial blood pressure peak predicts cardiovascular risk only in subjects below 50 years of age.
Protogerou
Athanase D
AD
Hypertension Center, First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Laikon Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 17 Agiou Thoma St, Goudi, Athens 11527, Greece. aprotog@med.uoa.gr
Nasothimiou
Efthimia G
EG
Papadogiannis
Dimitrios
D
D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013599:Systole