The second systolic radial blood pressure peak predicts cardiovascular risk only in subjects below 50 years of age.
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
Athanase D
AD
Protogerou
Efthimia G
EG
Nasothimiou
Dimitrios
D
Papadogiannis
D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013599:Systole