Autonomic imbalance, hypertension, and cardiovascular risk.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liddle's syndrome (LS) is a monogenic form of hypertension simulating a mineralocorticoid excess, and is currently suspected in young hypokalemic hypertensives. The aims of the study were: (i) to evaluate the clinical phenotype of LS in a newly identified Italian family of Sicilian origin carrying a gain-of-...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Rossi E,Farnetti E,Nicoli D,Sazzini M,Perazzoli F,Regolisti G,Grasselli C,Santi R,Negro A,Mazzeo V,Mantero F,Luiselli D,Casali B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although previous studies have explored the effect of smoking on blood pressure, little is still known about the role of time to first cigarette (TTFC)-an indicator of nicotine dependence-in hypertension. Therefore, we evaluated this association using representative nationwide data. METHODS:Current daily sm...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Bae J,Yi YH,Kim YJ,Lee JG,Tak YJ,Lee SH,Hwang HR,Lee SY,Cho YH,Ro EJ

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension guidelines recommend home blood pressure monitoring (HBPM) to help achieve blood pressure (BP) control. We hypothesized that HBPM use with a physician recommendation would be associated with lower BP and greater medication adherence. METHODS:We used data from 6,320 adults with hypertension in t...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Tang O,Foti K,Miller ER,Appel LJ,Juraschek SP

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite readily available treatments, control of blood pressure (BP) with population aging remains suboptimal. Further, there are gaps in the understanding of the management of high BP in the aged. We explored antihypertensive treatment and control among elderly hypertensive participants free from overt card...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Chowdhury EK,Nelson MR,Ernst ME,Margolis KL,Beilin LJ,Johnston CI,Woods RL,Murray AM,Wolfe R,Storey E,Shah RC,Lockery JE,Tonkin AM,Newman AB,Williamson JD,Abhayaratna WP,Stocks NP,Fitzgerald SM,Orchard SG,Trevaks RE

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Microalbuminuria is recognized as a marker of generalized vascular dysfunction. However, the associations between microalbuminuria and pulse wave velocity (PWV), carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), and ambulatory blood pressure (ABP), respectively, have not been investigated. METHODS:Brachial-ankle PWV (b...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Ishikawa T,Hashimoto J,Morito RH,Hanazawa T,Aikawa T,Hara A,Shintani Y,Metoki H,Inoue R,Asayama K,Kikuya M,Ohkubo T,Totsune K,Hoshi H,Satoh H,Imai Y

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing evidence that residential environment is associated with hypertension. Recently, interest has also turned toward examining the possible influence of remoteness on hypertension. The aim of this study is to explore the effect of remoteness, the shortest path between the subject location and th...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Hamano T,Kimura Y,Takeda M,Yamasaki M,Nabika T,Shiwaku K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine plasma and tissue endothelin-1 (ET-1)-like immunoreactivity in a new rodent model of spontaneous hypertension. Plasma and tissues were procured from pentobarbital-anesthetized 16- to 18-week-old male hamsters with spontaneous hypertension and genetically/age-matched normotens...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Gulati A,Artwohl JE,Kumar A,Gao XP,Rubinstein I

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine whether cold-stress stimulation to the soles of paws produces continuous hypertension in rats. Wistar-Kyoto rats were kept in cages with a 0 degrees C floor and 23 degrees C room temperature (cold-stressed group, n = 10) or in cages with 23 degrees C floor and 23 degrees C ro...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Kanayama N,Khatun S,Belayet H,She L,Terao T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activation of RhoA/Rho kinase (ROK) pathway by angiotensin II (Ang II) is involved in the pathophysiology of hypertension and remodeling. In Bartter's and Gitelman's syndrome (BS/GS), the short-term and long-term signaling of Ang II are blunted. The BS/GS have also reduced expression and response on Ang II c...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Pagnin E,Semplicini A,Sartori M,Pessina AC,Calò LA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In middle-aged and elderly populations, circulating natriuretic peptide concentrations are negatively associated with several components of the metabolic syndrome. Whether these negative associations are also present in healthy adolescents and young adults from the general population are unknown. METHODS:In...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Goharian TS,Goetze JP,Faber J,Andersen LB,Grøntved A,Jeppesen JL

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs interfere with certain antihypertensive therapies. In a double-blind study, 385 hypertensive patients stabilized on an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor were treated with nabumetone, celecoxib, ibuprofen, or placebo for 4 weeks. Ibuprofen caused significantly greater increase...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Palmer R,Weiss R,Zusman RM,Haig A,Flavin S,MacDonald B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity has been described as a predictor of cardiovascular mortality, and some studies have reported an association with obesity and increased aortic stiffness. Other studies have not identified obesity to be an independent risk factor. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to determine the association be...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Rodrigues SL,Baldo MP,Lani L,Nogueira L,Mill JG,Sa Cunha Rd

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is conflicting information with regard to the effect of beta-blockers on arterial stiffness and wave reflection. We compared a vasodilating beta-blocker, nebivolol, with atenolol. METHODS:We randomized 40 subjects with untreated hypertension (mean +/- s.e.m. systolic/diastolic blood pressure (BP) of 1...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Mahmud A,Feely J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of 17 beta-estradiol (beta E2), alpha-estradiol (alpha E2), and progesterone (P) on baseline and vasopressin (AVP)-induced [Ca2+]i in human platelets obtained from healthy male and female volunteers. Platelets were treated with beta E2, alpha E2, P, or ethanol vehicle for 30 min at 37 degre...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Raman BB,Standley PR,Rajkumar V,Ram JL,Sowers JR

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to determine the relationship between plasma renin levels, and the development of hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy in TGR (mREN2)27 hypertensive rats. Systolic blood pressure and left ventricular mass index (LVMI) were measured in transgenic heterozygote and normotensive Spra...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Véniant M,Whitworth CE,Ménard J,Sharp MG,Gonzales MF,Bruneval P,Mullins JJ

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant hypertension remains an important risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and graft function. There are multiple mechanisms responsible for post-transplant hypertension. The details of these mechanisms are poorly understood. Steroids, acute and chronic rejection, recurrent renal disease, native kidney...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Laskow DA,Curtis JJ

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common reason for an outpatient physician visit is for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension. The Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC) VII, which is increasingly evidence-based, advises the clinician to use studies of the mean response...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Graves JW,Sheps SG

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies have revealed the existence of bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). The number of circulating EPCs might reflect the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and progression of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the num...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Umemura T,Soga J,Hidaka T,Takemoto H,Nakamura S,Jitsuiki D,Nishioka K,Goto C,Teragawa H,Yoshizumi M,Chayama K,Higashi Y

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the reproducibility of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) by the use of agreement plots. Thirty-two normotensive volunteers underwent ABPM on four separate days (interval 28 days), on the same typical weekday. Sleeping time was restricted to the ABPM nighttime subperiod from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM. Twe...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Musso NR,Vergassola C,Barone C,Lotti G

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the effects of hypertension on renal graft function, we studied the clinical course of 144 kidney transplant recipients who had functioning grafts for three to 13 years. The patients were divided into three groups: normotensive (n = 32), controlled hypertensive (n = 49) and uncontrolled hypertensive group (...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Cheigh JS,Haschemeyer RH,Wang JC,Riggio RR,Tapia L,Stenzel KH,Rubin AL

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is presented that bradykinin inhibits norepinephrine efflux from sympathetic nerves innervating canine mesenteric and pulmonary arteries, in part, by releasing endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) from the vascular endothelium. Moreover, in the absence of vascular endothelium, bradykinin also inhibits n...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Greenberg SS,Peevy K,Tanaka TP

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are the drugs of choice in renal hypertension. The efficacy and safety of ramipril in adults has been proved; however, data on effectiveness of ramipril in children are few. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of ramipril on blood pressure (BP) ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Seeman T,Dusek J,Vondrák K,Flögelová H,Geier P,Janda J

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic factors may influence blood pressure (BP) responses to dietary potassium intake. We examined the association of genetic variants in the apelin-APJ system and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) with BP responses to potassium supplementation. METHODS:We conducted a 7-day potassium supplementation ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Zhao Q,Gu D,Kelly TN,Hixson JE,Rao DC,Jaquish CE,Chen J,Huang J,Chen CS,Gu CC,Whelton PK,He J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apart from the well-known role of hypertension in cerebrovascular disease, visit-to-visit blood pressure (BP) variability is emerging as an independent risk factor for stroke. Although the underlying mechanism is not fully understood, artery remodeling is thought to be closely involved in the relationship between visi...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Nagai M,Kario K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Central systolic blood pressure (SBP) can be estimated by an oscillometric method developed from a pulse volume plethysmography (PVP) device. The present study applied this novel method to a noninvasive blood pressure monitor (NBPM). METHODS:We enrolled 50 patients (37 men, age range 30-84 years) referred f...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Sung SH,Cheng HM,Chuang SY,Shih YT,Wang KL,Chen YH,Lin SJ,Yu WC,Chen CH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant and positive association between red blood cell sodium lithium countertransport (Na-Li CT) and blood pressure has been found in numerous studies. However, the majority of the studies presented to date are cross-sectional in nature and limited information exists on the longitudinal association between Na-...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Trevisan M,Strazzullo P,Cappuccio F,Jossa F,Iacone R,Russo I,Farinaro E

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence from genome wide association study that single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 5' end of the uromodulin gene (UMOD) affect uromodulin excretion and blood pressure (BP). Uromodulin is almost exclusively expressed in the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle (TAL) and its effect on...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： McCallum L,Brooksbank K,McConnachie A,Aman A,Lip S,Dawson J,MacIntyre IM,MacDonald TM,Webb DJ,Padmanabhan S

更新日期：2020-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) rises with severity of hypertension (HT), age, and obesity. Its prevalence ranges from 20% in mildly hypertensive patients to almost 100% in those with severe or complicated HT. However, the diagnosis of LVH is not straightforward, and the definitions and criteria u...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Ruilope LM,Schmieder RE

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nonpeptide angiotensin II (AII)-receptor antagonist losartan is a selective blocker of the pressor effects of AII. It is now being evaluated as an anti-hypertensive drug in multicenter clinical trials in the United States and other countries. Preliminary inpatient studies have shown that after 5 days of treatment,...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Weber MA

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ratio of urinary concentrations of tetrahydrocortisol plus allotetrahydrocortisol to tetrahydrocortisone [(THF + ATHF)/THE] reflects the activity of the enzyme 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11BHSD2), which converts cortisol to cortisone in the kidney and thereby protects the mineralocortico...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Melander O,Frandsen E,Groop L,Hulthén UL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00