Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk in Elderly Treated Hypertensive Patients.

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to evaluate whether plasma asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) has any role in predicting hemodynamic responses in clinically healthy young subjects. ADMA, as an endogenous nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor, has been demonstrated to associate with hypertension and vascular reactivit...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Päivä H,Kähönen M,Lehtimäki T,Raitakari OT,Jula A,Viikari J,Alfthan G,Juonala M,Laaksonen R,Hutri-Kähönen N

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, the central augmentation index (AIx) has been reported to show a nonlinear correlation with age. We investigated whether the AIx of the central artery changes with the progression of atherosclerosis in Kurosawa and Kusanagi-hypercholesterolemic (KHC) rabbits. METHODS:We simultaneously recorded pre...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Katsuda S,Miyake M,Kobayashi D,Hazama A,Kusanagi M,Takazawa K

更新日期：2013-03-01 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:Aging is a major risk factor for the development of arterial stiffness and vascular disease, and it is related to the upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in the aorta of rats and nonhuman primates. This study aimed to determine whether MMP activity in the human vasculature changes with aging. ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： McNulty M,Spiers P,McGovern E,Feely J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the most direct way to interfere with the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is at the level of the angiotensin II (AII) receptor, the currently available AII receptor antagonists are peptides still retaining significant agonistic properties with the obvious drawbacks of limited stability and lack of oral activit...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Timmermans PB,Carini DJ,Chiu AT,Duncia JV,Price WA Jr,Wells GJ,Wong PC,Wexler RR,Johnson AL

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUD:Declining renal function is an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality in cardiovascular disease. Visfatin has been described as a marker of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, but whether circulating visfatin levels are predictive to a subsequent decline in renal function remains unclear. METH...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Hsu CY,Huang PH,Chen TH,Chiang CH,Leu HB,Huang CC,Chen JW,Lin SJ

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased short-term blood pressure (BP) variability (BPV) in hemodialysis is associated with increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. Studies on the impact of BP-lowering interventions on BPV are scarce. This study examined the effect of dry-weight reduction with a lung ultrasound-guided strategy o...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Loutradis C,Sarafidis PA,Theodorakopoulou M,Ekart R,Alexandrou ME,Pyrgidis N,Angeloudi E,Tzanis G,Toumpourleka M,Papadopoulou D,Mallamaci F,Zoccali C,Papagianni A

更新日期：2019-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Seventeen percent of youth in the United States are obese. Obesity has been linked to higher prevalence of hypertension. Past studies were limited by their size and conflicting results. The aim of this study was to analyze trends in adolescents' obesity between 1998 and 2011 and to evaluate the relationship ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Chorin E,Hassidim A,Hartal M,Havakuk O,Flint N,Ziv-Baran T,Arbel Y

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) are important mediators in the regulation of vascular tone during pregnancy and preeclampsia. This study was designed to investigate the ET-1-induced hypotensive effect in late pregnant rats (P) and in NO-deprived hypertensive pregnant rats (TP), a model of preeclampsia. ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Matz RL,Van Overloop B,Gairard A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-related changes in plasma levels of aldosterone, deoxycorticosterone, corticosterone, and cortisol were studied during treatment with spironolactone in 8 patients with primary aldosteronism due to adenomas. Plasma renin activity (PRA), serum sodium and serum potassium were also measured. The patients were treated...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Sakamoto H,Ichikawa S,Sakamaki T,Nakamura T,Ono Z,Takayama Y,Murata K

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progression of atherosclerosis with increased arterial stiffness is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Compliance index (CI) derived from digital volume pulse (DVP), measuring the relationship between volume and pressure changes in ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Wang MC,Wu AB,Cheng MF,Chen JY,Ho CS,Tsai WC

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined data from a cohort of Caucasian women for evidence of an association between serum vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D)) insufficiency and greater risk of systolic hypertension in the population-based longitudinal Michigan Bone Health and Metabolism Study (MBHMS). METHODS:The cohort includes...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Griffin FC,Gadegbeku CA,Sowers MR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Managing hypertension is a complex undertaking, where even the definition of the disorder is subject to discussion. Recently, there has been controversy concerning the most appropriate measure to determine health risks associated with hypertension. In the past, diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was the prime measure for ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Cushman WC

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of long-term oral administration of quinapril on the occurrence of stroke and on mortality were investigated in young salt-loaded stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-SPs) during the treatment period (8th-34th week of age) and up to 6 weeks thereafter. Simultaneously, blood pressure, saline in...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Vacher E,Fornes P,Domergue V,Richer C,Bruneval P,Giudicelli JF

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased dietary K+ increases plasma [K+] and is linked to or associated with reduced mortality from stroke and reduced blood pressure in humans and animals. We hypothesized that physiologic increases in extracellular [K+] ([K]o) directly inhibit cultured vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation. Studies were...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： McCabe RD,Young DB

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased insulinemic response to an oral glucose load has been demonstrated in Dahl salt-sensitive hypertensive rats. To determine whether this abnormality is mediated at the level of the insulin receptor, we compared insulin receptor binding and mRNA levels in tissues of Dahl salt-sensitive rats (DS) and in their no...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Sechi LA,Griffin CA,Zingaro L,Catena C,De Carli S,Schambelan M,Bartoli E

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze the determinants of left ventricular (LV) performance (myocardial afterload, chamber size, mass, and contractility) in Goldblatt hypertension, 19 anesthetized one-kidney, one-clip (1K1C) and 28 two-kidney, one-clip (2K1C) male Wistar rats were studied 58 to 62 days after clipping, together with 19 sham-oper...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： de Simone G,Devereux RB,Volpe M,Camargo MJ,Wallerson DC,Laragh JH

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared three drugs representing different classes of antidiabetic pharmacology (glyburide, a sulfonylurea; pioglitazone, a thiazolidinedione; and metformin, a biguanide) in terms of their direct effects on proliferation of cultured arterial smooth muscle cells (SMC). Rat aortic SMC were seeded at 4 x 10(4)/35 mm ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Peuler JD,Phare SM,Iannucci AR,Hodorek MJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent findings related to the renin-angiotensin system have provided a more elaborated understanding of the pathophysiology of hypertension and kidney diseases. These findings have led to unique concepts and issues regarding the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system. Angiotensinogen is the only known substrate for reni...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Kobori H,Ozawa Y,Suzaki Y,Prieto-Carrasquero MC,Nishiyama A,Shoji T,Cohen EP,Navar LG

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and small reductions in blood pressure can have a substantial impact on outcome. Effective control of hypertension per se is important in reducing morbidity and mortality, but there is growing evidence that the class of drug used in treatment may affect p...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Oparil S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ischemia-induced reactive hyperemia (RH) is mediated by various factors including release of nitric oxide (NO). The contribution of NO to RH equals the extent of L-NMMA-dependent reduction of forearm blood flow (FBF). Because the optimal duration and location of ischemia that provokes maximum NO activation i...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Raff U,Ott C,John S,Schmidt BM,Fleischmann EH,Schmieder RE

更新日期：2010-08-01 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:We previously showed that the infusion of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) induces hypertension and vascular dysfunction in late pregnant but not virgin rats. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that levels of ovarian hormones to mimic pregnancy are required for TNF-alpha-induced changes in...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： LaMarca BD,Chandler DL,Grubbs L,Bain J,McLemore GR Jr,Granger JP,Ryan MJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been widely used in the treatment of hypertension, but the comparative effectiveness in reducing mortality among different drugs is seldom reported. METHODS:We identified hypertensive patients who started captopril, enalapril, lisinopril, fosinopril, perin...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Chang CH,Lin JW,Caffrey JL,Wu LC,Lai MS

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal artery stent placement has been shown to improve blood pressure (BP) and stabilize renal function in patients with atherosclerotic renovascular disease. However, limited data are available in patients > or = 75 years of age. We analyzed the prestent characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients aged > or = 7...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Bloch MJ,Trost DA,Whitmer J,Pickering TG,Sos TA,August P

更新日期：2001-10-01 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:Recent studies have shown that hyperuricemia may be associated with incident hypertension (HTN). We examined whether serum uric acid (SUA) is a predictor of HTN and target organ damage (TOD) 20 years later in initially healthy middle-aged individuals. METHODS:Participants from the Suivi Temporaire Annuel No...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Kanbay M,Girerd N,Machu JL,Bozec E,Duarte K,Boivin JM,Wagner S,Ferreira JP,Zannad F,Rossignol P

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertension in African Americans is characterized by greater systemic vascular resistance (SVR) compared with Caucasian Americans, but the responsible mechanisms are not known. The present study sought to determine if peripheral vascular hypertrophy is a potential mechanism contributing to elevated SVR in A...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Hill LK,Sherwood A,Blumenthal JA,Hinderliter AL

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:About one-half of all hypertensive adults do not have their blood pressure controlled. They are often prescribed medications that conform to national guidelines but they continue to have elevated blood pressure. This public health problem might be improved by applying plasma renin guided therapy. RESULTS:A ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Furberg CD,Sealey JE,Blumenfeld JD

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased sodium intake has been positively associated with high blood pressure (BP) and hypertensive target organ damage, but associations with cardiac structure in nonhypertensive individuals have yielded inconsistent results. We tested the hypothesis that sodium intake is associated with left ventricular ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Dhingra R,Pencina MJ,Benjamin EJ,Levy D,Larson MG,Meigs JB,Rifai N,D'Agostino RB Sr,Vasan RS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00