Aldosterone synthase gene (CYP11B2) C-344T polymorphism, plasma aldosterone, renin activity and blood pressure in a multi-ethnic population.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the mechanism of angiotensin II-induced apoptosis in cultured cardiomyocytes by determining which receptor subtype is involved, and what is the relationship between intracellular Ca2+ changes and apoptosis. DESIGN AND METHODS:Neonatal rat cardiomyocytes were pretreated with either the AT1 ant...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Goldenberg I,Grossman E,Jacobson KA,Shneyvays V,Shainberg A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systolic blood pressure was measured on a total of 1855 occasions in 1307 children aged four and five years, and compared with values obtained since birth in the same children. There was a rapid rise in blood pressure in the first month of life. The mean blood pressure then only rose from 93 mmHg at six months to 98 m...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： de Swiet M,Fayers PM,Shinebourne EA

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence and distribution of hypertension and to determine the status of hypertension awareness, treatment and control in the Portuguese adult population. METHODS:This study was conducted in 2003, and a multistage cluster sampling method was used to select a...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Macedo ME,Lima MJ,Silva AO,Alcantara P,Ramalhinho V,Carmona J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Evidence about sex differences in blood pressure (BP) at the time of acute stroke presentation is scarce. We aimed to summarize available data on sex differences in BP at the time of acute stroke presentation, including stratification by prior history of hypertension and stroke subtype. METHODS:We performed...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Li J,Yang SC,Moullaali TJ,Chen R,Woodward M,Carcel C,Delcourt C,Sandset EC,Anderson C,Chen G,Wang X

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the suitability of a new logistic curve fitting procedure to measure the diurnal rates of transition from the active to the asleep periods separately. METHOD:We applied this method to 24-h telemetry recordings of systolic, mean, diastolic arterial pressure (SAP, MAP, DAP, respectively), heart ra...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Head GA,Lukoshkova EV,Mayorov DN,van den Buuse M

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Blood pressure (BP) variability (BPV) may offer independent prognostic information. However, data supporting this notion are inconsistent, and this may be due to the wide variety of methodologies used for measuring BPV. A systematic analysis on the effect of BPV methodologies on BPV itself has never been und...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Veloudi P,Sharman JE

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Selenium is an antioxidant micronutrient with potential associations with hypertension. Few studies have investigated the association of serum selenium concentrations with blood pressure and hypertension in countries with low dietary selenium intake such as Germany, with inconsistent findings. METHODS:We undertoo...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Berthold HK,Michalke B,Krone W,Guallar E,Gouni-Berthold I

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to determine the association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with central and peripheral blood pressure (BP), in a general adolescent population and to examine whether associations are independent of adiposity. METHODS:Using cross-sectional data from a subsample (N = 1904) of a UK birth...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Patel S,Lawlor DA,Ferreira DL,Hughes AD,Chaturvedi N,Callaway M,Day C,Sattar N,Fraser A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the feasibility of vascular mechanics at the aortic arch with two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography, as well as to define normal values and to compare results between hypertensive patients and healthy patients. METHODS:We included 107 patients (61 healthy patients and 46 hypertensive patie...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Teixeira R,Monteiro R,Baptista R,Pereira T,Ribeiro MA,Gonçalves A,Cardim N,Gonçalves L

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the glycoprotein (gp130)-mediated survival pathway, which protects cardiomyocytes from apoptosis, is depressed in left ventricular hypertrophy hypertensive patients with chronic heart failure. METHODS:Transvenous endomyocardial biopsies were obtained in 52 hypertensive patients with le...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： González A,Ravassa S,Loperena I,López B,Beaumont J,Querejeta R,Larman M,Díez J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the factors affecting survival in patients with malignant hypertension by analysing the prognosis of all of the patients referred to the City Hospital, Birmingham, with malignant hypertension since 1965. RESULTS:We identified 315 patients with malignant hypertension (211 men, 104 women; mean a...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Lip GY,Beevers M,Beevers DG

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:: The term 'cardiorenal syndrome' (CRS) was introduced to describe problems related to the simultaneous existence of heart and renal insufficiency. The prevalence of anaemia in CRS is high and increases the risk of hospitalizations and death. Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibition is the cornerstone therapy in card...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Vlahakos DV,Tsioufis C,Manolis A,Filippatos G,Marathias KP,Papademetriou V,Mancia G

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The L/N-type calcium channel blocker (CCB) cilnidipine suppresses sympathetic nerve activity and has a superior renoprotective effect compared with L-type CCBs such as amlodipine. The cardioprotective action of cilnidipine has remained largely uncharacterized, however. We have now investigated the effects of ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Takatsu M,Hattori T,Murase T,Ohtake M,Kato M,Nashima K,Nakashima C,Takahashi K,Ito H,Niinuma K,Aritomi S,Murohara T,Nagata K

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors in essential hypertension: Studies of the epidemiology of blood pressure indicate that genetic factors are part of the pathogenesis of human essential hypertension, raising the possibility of identifying these genes. This may provide unique opportunities to elucidate the pathophysiology of hypertension...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Lifton RP,Jeunemaitre X

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Currently, normative means and ranges of blood pressure (BP) and pulse rates in Japanese newborns are not available. The objective of the present study was to estimate BP, pulse rate, and their distribution among Japanese newborns. METHODS:Using oscillometric devices, arm or calf BP and pulse rate levels wer...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Satoh M,Inoue R,Tada H,Hosaka M,Metoki H,Asayama K,Murakami T,Mano N,Ohkubo T,Yagihashi K,Hoshi K,Suzuki M,Imai Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association between long-term exposure to high-level urban traffic noise and blood pressure in preschool children. DESIGN:Normotensive children (n = 1542), aged 3-7 years and attending kindergartens, had their blood pressures and heart rate measured. Mean values of these circulatory variab...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Regecová V,Kellerová E

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Blood pressure (BP) measurement in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients is problematic and automated monitors are regarded as inaccurate. The optimal procedure for validating BP monitors in AF is questionable. This study evaluated the accuracy of a novel professional oscillometric upper-arm cuff device (Microli...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Stergiou GS,Kyriakoulis KG,Bountzona I,Menti A,Destounis A,Kalogeropoulos P,Kollias A

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Current opinions on the relationships between erythrocyte sodium-lithium countertransport kinetics and primary hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and diabetic nephropathy are reviewed. Problems associated with the assay are analysed. Some possible mechanisms that could modify the kinetics of ion exchange are examined. The ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： West IC,Rutherford PA,Thomas TH

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Phenotypic transformation of adventitial fibroblasts is important in the pathogenesis of hypertension. This study was designed to determine whether fibronectin type III domain containing 5 (FNDC5) alleviates the phenotypic transformation of adventitial fibroblasts in hypertension and the underlying mechanisms...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Ling L,Chen D,Tong Y,Zang YH,Ren XS,Zhou H,Qi XH,Chen Q,Li YH,Kang YM,Zhu GQ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hemodialysis patients have a cardiovascular mortality rate of 20-40 times that of the general population. Aldosterone inhibition by spironolactone has exerted beneficial, prognostically significant cardiovascular effects in patients with heart failure maintained on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Our ai...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Flevari P,Kalogeropoulou S,Drakou A,Leftheriotis D,Panou F,Lekakis J,Kremastinos D,Vlahakos DV

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac hypertrophy arises as an adaptive response to increased afterload. Studies in knockout mice have shown that catecholamines, but not alpha1-adrenergic receptors, are necessary for such an adaptation to occur. However, whether beta-adrenergic receptors are critical for the development of cardiac hypertr...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Palazzesi S,Musumeci M,Catalano L,Patrizio M,Stati T,Michienzi S,Di Certo MG,Mattei E,Vitelli L,Marano G

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the mechanisms for augmented neutral endopeptidase inhibitor-induced natriuresis in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt rats. METHODS:We examined effects of a neutral endopeptidase-inhibitor, candoxatril, on plasma and urinary brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels, the influence of a specific...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Hirata Y,Suzuki Y,Suzuki E,Hayakawa H,Kimura K,Goto A,Omata M,Minamino N,Kangawa K,Matsuo H

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cathepsin L (CTSL1) catalyzes the formation of peptides that influence blood pressure (BP). Naturally occurring genetic variation or targeted ablation of the Ctsl1 locus in mice yield cardiovascular pathology. Here, we searched for genetic variation across the human CTSL1 locus and probed its functional effe...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Mbewe-Campbell N,Wei Z,Zhang K,Friese RS,Mahata M,Schork AJ,Rao F,Chiron S,Biswas N,Kim HS,Mahata SK,Waalen J,Nievergelt CM,Hook VY,O'Connor DT

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish the role of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors in the management of hypertension in the elderly, 16 patients were treated with captopril in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over study. Clinic blood pressure, ambulatory blood pressure, renal function and mental performance, with emp...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Cox JP,Duggan J,O'Boyle CA,Mee F,Walsh JB,Coakley D,O'Brien E,O'Malley K

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine whether pulse pressure is a risk factor for coronary artery disease using data from the MRC trial of treatment of mild hypertension, and whether the effect of anti-hypertensive drug therapy on pulse pressure may be a determinant of outcome in treated patients. METHODS:...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Millar JA,Lever AF,Burke V

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of the aldosterone-to-renin ratio has controversially suggested that approximately 10% of hypertensives have primary aldosteronism, and most of these individuals are thought to have idiopathic hyperaldosteronism. The usual renin-angiotensin system control is intact in these individuals and is similar to that in lo...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Lim PO,Struthers AD,MacDonald TM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The oral contraceptive pill (OCP) is widely prescribed throughout the world. Although it is associated with a small but significant increase in blood pressure, the influence of the OCP on large artery stiffness and wave reflection is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between us...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Hickson SS,Miles KL,McDonnell BJ,Yasmin,Cockcroft JR,Wilkinson IB,McEniery CM,ENIGMA Study Investigators.

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Blood pressure changes during menopausal transition have not been studied previously using a biracial sample. We investigated whether menopausal transition was associated with change in blood pressure in African-American or white women. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:The prospective multicenter study, the ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Luoto R,Sharrett AR,Schreiner P,Sorlie PD,Arnett D,Ephross S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Secondary activation of the renin-angiotensin system plays a major role in the progression of chronic nephropathies, and blockade of endothelin (ET) receptors has been shown to confer nephroprotection in experimental models of proteinuric renal disease. We tested the nephroprotective potential of selective en...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Rothermund L,Kossmehl P,Neumayer HH,Paul M,Kreutz R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE(S):To study the changes in macrophage inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) activity, plasma levels of nitrite, lipid peroxidation (LPO) and melatonin in human essential hypertension before and 6 months after 4 mg/day lacidipine treatment. DESIGN:The study was carried out in a total of 25 subjects--11 healt...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Escames G,Khaldy H,León J,González L,Acuña-Castroviejo D

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00