title: Pulse Pressure: How Valuable as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tool?
authors.affiliation: Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California. Electronic address: ssfranklinmd@earthlink.net.
authors.forename: Stanley S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Franklin
authors.affiliation: Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California.
authors.forename: Nathan D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: arterial stiffness; epidemiology; hypertension; mean arterial pressure; pulse pressure