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abstract：OBJECTIVES:Recent epidemiological studies have reported inverse associations between vitamin D status and blood pressure. The study aim is to determine if exposure to ultraviolet B radiation, which synthesizes vitamin D, lowers blood pressure, compared with ultraviolet A radiation. METHODS:Men and women (n = 119) with...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Scragg R,Wishart J,Stewart A,Ofanoa M,Kerse N,Dyall L,Lawes CM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+ pump kinetics were investigated in erythrocytes from 22 essential hypertensive patients and 20 normotensive controls (under initial-rate and steady-state conditions, using Sr2+ as a Ca2+ analogue). The mean value of the apparent dissociation constant for total internal Ca2+ (KCa) was slightly but significantly in...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： de la Sierra A,Hannaert P,Ollivier JP,Senn N,Garay R

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The prognostic importance of the nocturnal blood pressure (BP) fall and early-morning surge were scarcely investigated in patients with resistant hypertension (RHT). We investigated them in a prospective cohort of 1726 RHT individuals. METHODS:The nocturnal fall and morning surge were calculated from the bas...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Cardoso CRL,Salles GF

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Using antibodies raised against angiotensin I and II, and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) of plasma extracts, we have quantified six angiotensin peptides in venous (cubital vein) and arterial (brachial) plasma of normal male subjects. The concentrations of venous plasma (fmol/ml, mean +/- s.d., n = 29) f...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Campbell DJ,Kladis A

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether antioxidant therapy could relieve hypertension and retard the progression of renal damage in advanced-stage hypertensive rats. METHODS:Twenty-four-week-old spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats were treated for 8 weeks with the superoxide dismutase mimeti...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Sugama I,Kohagura K,Yamazato M,Nakamura T,Shinzato T,Ohya Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of hypertension and diabetes mellitus on vascular albumin permeability and hypertrophy in 11-week-old Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) with and without 3 weeks of streptozotocin-induced diabetes. METHODS:Vascular albumin permeability was measured as...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Hulthén UL,Rumble J,Cooper ME,Johnston CI

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The primary aim of the Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study (PROGRESS) is to determine the effects of a long-term angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitor-based blood-pressure-lowering regimen on the risk of stroke among patients with a history of stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TI...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

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更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is increasingly attracting more scientific and public interest, and represents a poorly investigated issue in patients with essential hypertension. We evaluated the prevalence of sexual dysfunction in hypertensive women compared with normotensive women according to age, hypert...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Doumas M,Tsiodras S,Tsakiris A,Douma S,Chounta A,Papadopoulos A,Kanellakopoulou K,Giamarellou H

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：AIM:To investigate same day repeated measures and diurnal variation of arterial stiffness, cardiac output (CO), stroke volume (SV) and total peripheral resistance (TPR) during the third trimester of normal pregnancy. METHODOLOGY:Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (AIx) were recorded using the Arteriograp...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Osman MW,Leone F,Nath M,Khalil A,Webb DR,Robinson TG,Mousa HA

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the characteristics and expression of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta receptor subtypes on vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats. METHODS:The effects of TGF-beta 1 on DNA synthesis were evaluated by [3H]-th...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Fukuda N,Kubo A,Izumi Y,Soma M,Kanmatsuse K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the consequences of malignant hypertension and its evolution with antihypertensive treatment. BACKGROUND:Malignant hypertension can be considered as a model of the effects of very high blood pressure and renin-angiotensin levels on target organs. However, the consequences on the heart have been li...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Gosse P,Coulon P,Papaioannou G,Litalien J,Lemetayer P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The C825T single nucleotide polymorphism of the G-protein beta3 (GNB3) has been implicated in susceptibility to essential hypertension, through the expression of an alternatively spliced truncated variant. In an effort to clarify earlier inconclusive results, we performed a meta-analysis of population-based ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Bagos PG,Elefsinioti AL,Nikolopoulos GK,Hamodrakas SJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several cytokines and adhesion molecules released from endothelium play an important role in inflammation, immune responses, and probably atherogenesis. OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB mediated expression of these genes involved in the inflammatory response of e...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Tomita N,Morishita R,Tomita S,Yamamoto K,Aoki M,Matsushita H,Hayashi S,Higaki J,Ogihara T

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the influence of genetic factors on plasma leptin levels. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:We measured plasma leptin levels, body mass index and body fat distribution in healthy young female monozygotic (n = 19) and dizygotic (n = 14) twins. The twin zygosity was verified by determination of short tandem repe...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Narkiewicz K,Szczech R,Winnicki M,Chrostowska M,Pawlowski R,Lysiak-Szydlowska W,Choe I,Kato M,Sivitz WI,Krupa-Wojciechowska B,Somers VK

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Arterial hypertension is highly prevalent and difficult to control in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). High sympathoadrenergic activity is a hallmark physiological phenomenon in OSA. We hypothesized that an antihypertensive drug with inhibitory properties on this activity, such as beta blockers (BBs), ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Svedmyr S,Hedner J,Zou D,Parati G,Ryan S,Hein H,Pepin JL,Tkáčová R,Marrone O,Schiza S,Basoglu OK,Grote L,European Sleep Apnea Database (ESADA) study group.

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Treatment modifications--addition, uptitration, switching, and downtitration--are necessary to address issues such as unattained blood pressure goals, adverse drug events, drug cost, or patient dissatisfaction which lead to treatment discontinuation. This study assessed the patterns of treatment modification...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Sonawane KB,Qian J,Garza KB,Wright BM,Zeng P,Ganduglia-Cazaban CM,Hansen RA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between arterial function (stiffness and wave reflection) and glomerular hemodynamics. METHODS:In 49 healthy normotensive individuals, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) were measured by urinary clearances of 99mTC-DTPA and 131I-hippuran, res...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Fesler P,du Cailar G,Ribstein J,Mimran A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To discuss changes during the past decades in the prevalence and in the patterns of detection, treatment and control of arterial hypertension in the general Belgian population aged 25-64 years. DESIGN:Data from two cross-sectional cardiovascular disease risk factor surveys of the general population aged 25-...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： De Henauw S,De Bacquer D,Fonteyne W,Stam M,Kornitzer M,De Backer G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The addition of an aldosterone receptor antagonist on top of current optimal therapy (based on angiotensin II inhibition) has demonstrated an important clinical benefit in heart failure patients with systolic dysfunction. Whether this finding also applies to heart failure patients with preserved systolic function ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Muñoz-Pacheco P,Ortega-Hernández A,Caro-Vadillo A,Casanueva-Eliceiry S,Aragoncillo P,Egido J,Fernández-Cruz A,Gómez-Garre D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Enhanced central sympathetic outflow is an indicator of the prognosis of heart failure. Although the central sympatholytic drug moxonidine is an established therapeutic strategy for hypertension, its benefits for hypertensive heart failure are poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated the effe...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Honda N,Hirooka Y,Ito K,Matsukawa R,Shinohara K,Kishi T,Yasukawa K,Utsumi H,Sunagawa K

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy has developed into a worldwide epidemic and is responsible for the majority of end-stage renal disease in most countries. Antihypertensive treatment slows the progression of the disease. In addition, blockade of the renin-angiotensin system reduces the degree of albuminuria and angiotensin II rece...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Haller H,Viberti GC,Mimran A,Remuzzi G,Rabelink AJ,Ritz E,Rump LC,Ruilope LM,Katayama S,Ito S,Izzo JL Jr,Januszewicz A

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) is a key protein in glucose homeostasis and a pharmacological target in type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study explored whether the novel adipokine soluble DPP4 (sDPP4) can cause endothelial dysfunction, an early marker of impaired vascular reactivity. METHOD:Reactivity was studi...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Romacho T,Vallejo S,Villalobos LA,Wronkowitz N,Indrakusuma I,Sell H,Eckel J,Sánchez-Ferrer CF,Peiró C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent randomized controlled trials have confirmed the ability of renal denervation to lower blood pressure (BP) in patients, resistant to the BP-lowering effect of multiple antihypertensive drug administration. Evidence is limited, however, in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and haemodialysis...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Scalise F,Sole A,Singh G,Sorropago A,Sorropago G,Ballabeni C,Maccario M,Vettoretti S,Grassi G,Mancia G

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the spectrum of the left ventricular responses in hypertension in man by means of coupled analysis of elastances. In the present study we analysed the 'functional' coupling of the left ventricle and the arterial system in terms of the arterial effective elastance (E(a)) divided by a value of end-sy...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Cohen-Solal A,Caviezel B,Himbert D,Gourgon R

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the wave reflection characteristics in the aortic arch and common carotid artery of ex-preterm adolescents and assess their relationship to central blood pressure in a cohort followed prospectively since birth. METHODS:Central blood pressures, pulse wave velocity, augmentation index, microvascula...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Kowalski RR,Beare R,Mynard JP,Cheong JLY,Doyle LW,Smolich JJ,Cheung MMH

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Cicletanine (CIC), an anti-hypertensive compound with direct vascular and natriuretic actions, is especially effective in salt-sensitive hypertension, in which dysregulation of the sodium pump plays an important pathogenic role, and digitalis-like cardiotonic steroids contribute to increased vascular tone. Th...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Bagrov AY,Dmitrieva RI,Dorofeeva NA,Fedorova OV,Lopatin DA,Lakatta EG,Droy-Lefaix MT

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the metabolite profiles of venous effluent from both kidneys of individuals with unilateral atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) in order to directly examine how impaired renal blood flow impacts small-molecule handling in humans. METHODS:We applied liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry ...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Rhee EP,Clish CB,Pierce KA,Saad A,Lerman LO,Textor SC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Elevated blood pressure (BP) is associated with cardiovascular mortality. BP variability (BPV) is also associated with cardiovascular mortality. However, most studies evaluated hypertensive patients with a relatively short follow-up. We investigated in male workers the association between BPV and long-term al...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Goldbourt U,Grossman E

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Using an aortic constriction model in mice, we studied whether the increase in pressure or the activation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and its main receptors is the main driving force for plaque progression. METHODS:Male ApoE mice underwent sham surgery or placement of a suprarenal silver clip aroun...

journal_title：Journal of hypertension

authors： Johansson ME,Wickman A,Skøtt O,Gan LM,Bergström G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00