An additive effect of endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms contributes to the severity of atherosclerosis in patients on dialysis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigated the relationship of ethnicity to the differences between blood pressure (BP) measured in a clinic setting and by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in individuals with a previous diagnosis of hypertension (HT) and without a previous diagnosis of hypertension (NHT). METHODS:A...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Martin U,Haque MS,Wood S,Greenfield SM,Gill PS,Mant J,Mohammed MA,Heer G,Johal A,Kaur R,Schwartz C,McManus RJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, we described a circulating hypertensive factor, present in the plasma of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). This factor seems to be produced by the parathyroid gland but is not identical to parathyroid hormone (PTH). In view of these findings, we attempted to search for histological differences in parath...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Kaneko T,Ohtani R,Lewanczuk RZ,Pang PK

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The relationship between regular physical activity, measured objectively and by self-report, and the circadian pattern of 24-hour ambulatory arterial blood pressure (BP) has not been clarified. METHODS:We performed a cross-sectional study in a cohort of healthy patients. We included 1,345 patients from the ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： García-Ortiz L,Recio-Rodríguez JI,Puig-Ribera A,Lema-Bartolomé J,Ibáñez-Jalón E,González-Viejo N,Guenaga-Saenz N,Agudo-Conde C,Patino-Alonso MC,Gomez-Marcos MA,EVIDENT Group.

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nifedipine has been reported to cause impairment of insulin sensitivity. But recently a controlled-released formulation of nifedipine (nifedipine-GITS) has been reported that it could improve insulin sensitivity. METHODS:We evaluated insulin sensitivity in two groups of essential hypertensive subjects befor...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Koyama Y,Kodama K,Suzuki M,Harano Y

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased adrenergic activity has been suggested to mediate the hypertension associated with hyperinsulinemia. This study tested whether combined alpha1- and beta-adrenergic receptor blockade would prevent insulin-induced hypertension when euglycemia was maintained by continuous intravenous glucose infusion. Sprague-D...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Keen HL,Brands MW,Alonso-Galicia M,Hall JE

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney stones affect hypertensive patients disproportionately compared to normotensive individuals. On the other hand, some prospective data suggest that a history of nephrolithiasis was associated with a greater tendency to develop hypertension. Newer epidemiologic data also link obesity and diabetes, features of the...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Obligado SH,Goldfarb DS

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood pressure is known to be higher in heavy drinkers than in nondrinkers. The aim of this study was to determine whether the alcohol-blood pressure relationship is modified by therapy for hypertension in the elderly. METHODS:Men aged > or = 65 years (n = 1,396) with or without current history of antihyper...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Wakabayashi I

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several classes of antihypertensive drugs have been shown to improve vascular function through mechanisms other than reducing blood pressure (BP) alone. Certain dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers (CCBs) and inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) increase nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability and decrease o...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Mizuno Y,Jacob RF,Mason RP

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The effect of age on the augmentation index (AI) differs between young adults and the elderly, and the AI reaches a plateau after the age of 60 years. We examined whether the effects of age and an elevation in blood pressure on the AI differ between young adults and the elderly, between subjects with and wit...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Tomiyama H,Odaira M,Kimura K,Matsumoto C,Shiina K,Eguchi K,Miyashita H,Shimada K,Yamashina A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have explored the effect of verapamil on renal hemodynamics and the renin-aldosterone system in ten patients with chronic renal disease and hypertension before and after 3 months of therapy. The mean +/- SEM glomerular filtration rates were 55 +/- 7 mL/min pre- and 55 +/- 8 mL/min posttherapy; the renal plasma flow...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Lenz T,Müller FB,Sotelo JE,Laragh JH,August P

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) has been identified as one of the strongest blood pressure-independent risk factors for sudden death, acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, and other cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Hypertensive patients with LVH have a significantly greater prevalence of pre...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Messerli FH

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) synthesis within cardiac atrial myocytes was investigated in 8 patients undergoing cardiac surgery (valve replacement or coronary bypass graft). Hemodynamic data were obtained during cardiac catheterization and venous plasma samples for ANP were withdrawn prior to sur...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Haass M,Fischer TA,Hänze J,Saggau W,Lang RE,Dietz R

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Multicenter Isradipine/Diuretic Atherosclerosis Study (MIDAS) is a randomized, double-blind, active-control trial to compare the effectiveness of two treatment regimens for the control of hypertension in reducing the rate of progression of early extracranial carotid artery atherosclerosis in hypertensive patients....

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Applegate WB,Byington RP

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antihypertensive treatment is known to slow down the decline in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) with time. Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition has been shown to be more effective in this regard than conventional antihypertensive therapy. In a recent prospective, randomized, double blind trial in 257 patien...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Himmelmann A,Hansson L,Hansson BG,Hedstrand H,Skogström K,Ohrvik J,Furängen A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In uremic animals, vitamin D receptor (VDR) agonists like paricalcitol (Pc) attenuate cardiac hypertrophy, but this effect has not been replicated consistently in humans with chronic kidney disease. Elevated fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) levels cause cardiac hypertrophy with activation of the myocardia...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Czaya B,Seeherunvong W,Singh S,Yanucil C,Ruiz P,Quiroz Y,Grabner A,Katsoufis C,Swaminathan S,Abitbol C,Rodriguez-Iturbe B,Faul C,Freundlich M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Components of the kallikrein kinin system have been associated with the pathophysiology of hypertension in animal and human studies. In this study, we examined the distribution of four different polymorphisms of the kinin B1 and B2 receptor genes in a population of 120 normotensive and 77 hypertensive African-American...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Gainer JV,Brown NJ,Bachvarova M,Bastien L,Maltais I,Marceau F,Bachvarov DR

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carotid-femoral pulse-wave velocity (PWV) provides a comprehensive noninvasive indication of arterial stiffness, and is now established as a strong marker of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The correlation between peripheral blood pressure (BP) and PWV and their respective influences on mortality have been poo...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Miljkovic D,Perret-Guillaume C,Alla F,Salvi P,Erpelding ML,Benetos A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjects with resistant hypertension present high prevalence of a nondipper blood pressure (BP) pattern, associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events. Nondipping is partly related to the absence of 24-h therapeutic coverage in hypertensives treated with single morning doses. METHODS:We studied th...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Hermida RC,Ayala DE,Mojón A,Fernández JR

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin resistance has been related to elevated blood pressure (BP) in obese children and may adversely affect the vasculature by arterial stiffening. The objective was to investigate whether daytime and nighttime BP were elevated and related to insulin resistance and arterial stiffness in obese children and...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Hvidt KN,Olsen MH,Holm JC,Ibsen H

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary investigators of randomized drug trials in hypertension were invited to rate quality of such trials. The intention of the survey was to ask if antihypertensive drug therapy reduces incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) in hypertensive patients. Response was obtained for 7 of the 11 invited investigators, c...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Holme I,Ekelund LG,Hjermann I,Leren P

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association of adiposity during childhood with future risk of elevated blood pressure (BP) in South Asian children is not known. We aimed to investigate the relationship between waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) with BP over a 2-year period, independent of the baseline BP. METHODS:We an...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Almas A,Jafar TH

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subjects with hypertension are frequently obese or insulin resistant, both conditions in which hyperuricemia is common. Obese and insulin-resistant subjects are also known to have blood pressure that is more sensitive to changes in dietary sodium intake. Whether hyperuricemia is a resulting consequence, mode...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Todd AS,Walker RJ,MacGinley RJ,Kelly J,Merriman TR,Major TJ,Johnson RJ

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clonidine, a centrally acting antihypertensive agent, has been used successfully in pregnancy. We sought to describe the pharmacodynamic effects of clonidine in pregnancy and the associated impact on fetal growth. METHODS:A retrospective cohort study was performed. Maternal hemodynamics were measured before...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Rothberger S,Carr D,Brateng D,Hebert M,Easterling TR

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body sodium works together with the plasma renin-angiotensin system to ensure adequate blood flow to the tissues. Body sodium content determines the extracellular fluid (ECF) volume ensuring that, with each heart beat, a sufficient volume of fluid is delivered into the arterial space. At the same time the kidneys moni...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Laragh JH,Sealey JE

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the circulating humoral factor modifying transmembrane sodium transport, plasma was obtained from 12 patients with essential hypertension (EH) fed a high sodium diet (NaCl 15 to 17 g/d) for seven days and thereafter a low sodium diet (NaCl 2 to 3 g/d) for seven days. Ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ influx into the re...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Ashida T,Kuramochi M,Kojima S,Yoshimi H,Kawano Y,Kimura G,Abe H,Imanishi M,Yoshida K,Kawamura M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high 24-hour ambulatory diastolic (DBP) but not systolic (SBP) blood pressure variability (BPV) is significantly predictive of long-term cardiovascular mortality in untreated hypertensive subjects, independent of office or 24-hour SBP. The present study was aimed to investigate hemodynamic factors that are...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Hsu PF,Cheng HM,Sung SH,Chuang SY,Lakatta EG,Yin FC,Chou P,Chen CH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt signaling by statins increases the activity of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). We investigate whether statins (pitavastatin) improve cardiac function and remodeling via eNOS production associated with the PI3K-Akt signaling pathway, Rho-kinase ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Kobayashi N,Takeshima H,Fukushima H,Koguchi W,Mamada Y,Hirata H,Machida Y,Shinoda M,Suzuki N,Yokotsuka F,Tabei K,Matsuoka H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a population of 887 men and 1159 women aged 40 to 89 years in southern California, age adjusted systolic and diastolic blood pressures correlated significantly with sodium/potassium ratios estimated from casual urine samples. The relationship was apparent over the whole range of blood pressures and urinary electrol...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Khaw KT,Barrett-Connor E

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Structural and functional changes involved in cardiac injury induced by diabetes mellitus, pressure-overload, or both conditions were evaluated. METHODS:Pressure-overload was established by suprarenal aortic banding in rats. Six weeks later, diabetes was induced by streptozotocin (STZ, 65 mg/kg, intraperito...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Falcão-Pires I,Gonçalves N,Moura C,Lamego I,Eloy C,Lopes JM,Begieneman MP,Niessen HW,Areias JC,Leite-Moreira AF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ryanodine receptor (RyR) dysfunction in skeletal muscle (RyR1) leads to malignant hyperthermia, and in cardiac muscle (RyR2) triggers cardiac arrhythmias. We hypothesized that RyR dysfunction in vascular smooth muscle could increase vascular resistance and hypertension, and may contribute to increased atrial...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Lee JS,Greco L,Migirov A,Li Y,Gerdes AM,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00