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ISOLATED SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION AND PULSE PRESSURE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH-SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN-T AND NT-PRO BNP IN OLDER ADULTS

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Background: We set out to test the prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) and wide pulse pressure (PP), both proxies for vascular stiffness, among a modern cohort of older adults… Click to show full abstract

Background: We set out to test the prevalence of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) and wide pulse pressure (PP), both proxies for vascular stiffness, among a modern cohort of older adults and to determine whether any association with high sensitivity cardiac troponin-T (hs-cTnT) and NT-pro BNP

Keywords: high sensitivity; isolated systolic; sensitivity cardiac; systolic hypertension; pulse pressure; older adults

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2017

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