title: [Clinical value of central blood pressure].
abstract: Central pressure is that observed at the level of the heart. Central pressure is characterized by a lower systolic and a similar diastolic pressure than brachial blood pressure. The additional prognostic value of central pressure over brachial pressure is not definitely ascertained. Treatments can exert differential effects on peripheral and central pressures.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, université Lyon-1, Inserm ERI 22, 69008 Lyon, France. pierre.lantelme@chu-lyon.fr
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lantelme
authors.forename: Pierre-Yves
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Courand
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis