Endothelium-dependent Vasodilation in Hypertension: A Review.

abstract：AIMS:The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) on plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) level in hypertensive and normotensive subjects with and without systolic left ventricular dysfunction. METHODS AND RESULTS:Forty patients affec...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Brzezinska U,El Mokhtari NE,Simon R,Tykarski A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candesartan is a new angiotensin II type 1 (AT 1 ) receptor blocker that produces more effective 24-h blood pressure lowering than losartan in hypertensive patients. In in vitro tissue preparations, candesartan displays insurmountable antagonism of the responses to angiotensin II. Both irbesartan and EXP-3174, the act...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Morsing U Brandt-Eliasson L Renberg T Abrahamsson P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The second Swedish Trial in Old patients with Hypertension (STOP-Hypertension-2) was conducted to compare the effects of 'newer( antihypertensive therapies (angiotensin converting enzyme [ACE] inhibitors and calcium antagonists) and established therapies (beta-blockers and diuretics) on cardiovascular mortality and mo...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Hansson L

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is characterized by hypertrophy of the vascular media, intimal thickening and lipid-containing plaques. Atherosclerosis is a progressive systemic vascular disease which leads to impaired tissue perfusion due to vascular obstruction. In advanced stages it is often complicated by thrombosis. Recent resea...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Wennmalm A

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only a minority of all hypertensives is well controlled in the population. In order to assess the proportion of well controlled hypertensives and the factors associated with hypertension control in France, we designed an observational cross-sectional epidemiological study in a population of 4702 treated adult hyperten...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Roux O,Chapellier M,Czernichow S,Nisse-Durgeat S,Safar ME,Blacher J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been documented that patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) have an abnormal blood pressure (pressor) response to acute hypoxia when awake. The relationship between hypoxic chemosensitivity and 24 h blood pressure in OSA is not known. Twenty-four hour ambulatory BP (ABP) was measured at 15 min ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Wilcox I,Collins FL,Grunstein RR,Hedner J,Kelly DT,Sullivan CE

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-body insulin sensitivity has been shown to be impaired in subjects with increased left ventricular relative wall thickness (RWT) and in hypertensive subjects with left ventricular hypertrophy, but the relation between myocardial insulin sensitivity and RWT or left ventricular mass index (LVMI) in normotension is...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Sundström J,Lind L,Valind S,Holmäng A,Björntorp P,Andrén B,Waldenström A,Lithell H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Weight and height are two major determinants of left ventricular mass (LVM); the anthropometric parameter to which LVM should be normalized remains, however, debated. In a population of hypertensives, we compared the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) defined by two indexation criteria ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Cuspidi C,Giudici V,Lonati L,Sala C,Valerio C,Mancia G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To assess safety and efficacy of valsartan/amlodipine combination in hypertensive Taiwanese patients. METHODS:This 12-week, multi-center, prospective, observational, post-marketing study enrolled 1029 patients to receive valsartan/amlodipine combination alone or as add-on to other antihypertensives. Efficacy was ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Cheng SM,Mar GY,Huang SC,Chen CS,Hsieh CM,Huang LC,Ueng KC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Elevated blood pressure induces electrocardiographic changes and is associated with an increase in cardiovascular disease later in life compared to normal blood pressure levels. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between normal to high normal blood pressure values (90-139/50-89 mmHg) an...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Hassing GJ,van der Wall HEC,van Westen GJP,Kemme MJB,Adiyaman A,Elvan A,Burggraaf J,Gal P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are controversial results regarding the endothelial function in patients with white coat hypertension (WCH). The aim of this study was to assess endothelial function measuring nitric oxide (NO) and C-reactive protein (CRP) level in WCH and to compare those with essential hypertension (EH) and healthy s...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Guven A,Tolun F,Caliskan M,Ciftci O,Muderrisoglu H

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the western world and has reached epidemic proportions. The incidence of congestive heart failure (CHD) and hypertension is also rising rapidly in many of the affluent Arab nations and cardiovascular diseases continue to be a leading cause o...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Bener A,al Suwaidi J,el-Menyar A,Gehani A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Northern Africans constitute one of the largest immigrant groups in France; however, limited data are available on their cardiovascular risk factors. We carried out a retrospective cross-sectional study in a French hypertension unit, comparing 719 patients born in Northern Africa to 3558 controls born in Europe, indiv...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Lepoutre-Lussey C,Plouin PF,Steichen O

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis of a causal relationship between high insulin levels and the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and to determine the clinical, anthropometric, metabolic and insulin profile in men with fast-growing BPH compared with men with slow-growing BPH. The pres...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Hammarsten J,Högstedt B

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sympathetic nerve activity is augmented by calcium-channel blocker treatment as a result of decreased blood pressure. Dihydropyridine calcium-channel blockers are divided into three different types. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether treatment effects on hemodynamics, cardiac autonomic nerve a...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Ogura C,Ono K,Miyamoto S,Ikai A,Mitani S,Sugimoto N,Tanaka S,Fujita M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of aortic ligation in mice with a hydronephrotic kidney (absence of macula densa) was used to determine the effects of aortic ligation on the renal renin-angiotensin system (RAS). Blood pressure increased from 83 +/- 2 to 133 +/- 8 mmHg within 7 days after aortic ligation (p < 0.01). Aortic ligation increased ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Zhang DY,Morgan TO

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The BBB study (Swedish for Behandla Blodtryck Bättre or Treat Blood Pressure Better) was a multicenter trial designed to investigate three aspects of antihypertensive treatment: i) Is it possible to lower the diastolic blood pressure further in "well-treated" hypertensive patients through intensified therapy? ii) Can ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Hannson L

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microvasculature and macrovasculature undergo extensive, organ-specific perinatal maturation. Multiple studies show associations between low birth weight and subsequent cardiovascular dysfunction in adulthood, suggesting that extreme preterm birth interferes with this maturation process. Therefore, we designed PRE...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Raaijmakers A,Petit T,Gu Y,Zhang Z,Wei F,Cools B,Jacobs L,Thijs L,Thewissen L,Levtchenko E,Staessen JA,Allegaert K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to investigate left ventricular (LV) morphology and function in normotensive offspring of subjects with essential hypertension (familial trait - FT), and to determine the association between LV mass and determinants of LV diastolic function and endothelium-dependent (NO-mediated) dilation of the bra...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Zizek B,Poredos P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and different left ventricular (LV) geometric patterns in the middle-aged women population of Tallinn, to assess the relationship between LV geometry, age, blood pressure and LV repolarization duration and inhomogeneity....

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Shipilova T,Pshenichnikov I,Kaik J,Volozh O,Abina J,Kalev M,Lass J,Karai D

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore whether a condition of severe heart failure results in alteration of the 24-h-blood pressure (BP) profile and BP circadian rhythm, 19 patients with severe heart failure (NYHA class III-IV, 17M, 2F, mean age 57+/-8 years) were considered and compared to a control group of age- and sex-matched normal subjects...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Moroni C,De Biase L,Pannarale G,Bondanini F,Affricano D,Campa PP,Cassone R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-measurement of blood pressure (BP) at home is more common than 10 years ago and encouraged by current guidelines to increase patient adherence to treatment and reach the goal of target BP. The aims of this study are to evaluate the accuracy of home sphygmomanometers and to investigate behavior/knowledge of the sp...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Dilek M,Adibelli Z,Aydogdu T,Koksal AR,Cakar B,Akpolat T

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors is frequently associated with persistent dry cough. This side effect is thought to be due to the non-specific action of ACE inhibitors, which, in addition to suppressing the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), leads to the accumulation of kinins, encephalins an...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Tanser P,Campbell LM,Carranza J,Karrasch J,Toutouzas P,Watts R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prehypertension is associated with increased cardiovascular events. While the "tracking phenomenon" is an important longitudinal characteristic of blood pressure (BP), changes in muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) over time remain unclear. This study tested the hypothesis that MSNA tracking contributes to BP tre...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Hering D,Kara T,Kucharska W,Somers VK,Narkiewicz K

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the role of opioid receptors in two models of experimental hypertension the binding of 3H-naloxone to membranes prepared from discrete brain regions and spinal cord was determined. Renal hypertensive rats (RHR) were found to have a greater density of 3H-naloxone binding sites in the hippocampus and h...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Widy-Tyszkiewicz E,Kotapski J,Czlonkowski A

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and changes of cardiovascular risk factors in the middle-aged Lithuanian subjects after conducting the primary prevention program. DESIGN AND METHODS:Four cross-sectional investigations of cardiovascular risk factors were conducted in 2009 (n = 9625), 2010 ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Laucevičius A,Rinkūnienė E,Skujaitė A,Petrulionienė Ž,Puronaitė R,Dženkevičiūtė V,Kasiulevičius V,Jatužis D,Ryliškytė L,Šlapikas R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The most common ophthalmologic manifestation of hypertension is hypertensive retinopathy. Our study was designed to evaluate the factors that determine retinal vessel caliber in hypertensive subjects. METHODS:During a 6-month period, retinal photographs were taken of participants during a routine yearly che...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Gepstein R,Rosman Y,Rechtman E,Koren-Morag N,Segev S,Assia E,Grossman E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Detection and treatment of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in hypertension is important in order to reduce cardiovascular risk. The product of QRS voltage and duration (e.g. Cornell voltage-duration product; CorP), is a good marker of LVH and the current study was designed to determine the prevalence of...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Barrios V,Escobar C,Calderon A,Ribas L,Marti D,Asin E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low birth weight and high placental weight are associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Children born after hypertensive pregnancies have higher blood pressure than children born after normotensive pregnancies. Hypertension in pregnancy is considered a major risk factor for intrauterine growth...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Himmelmann K,Himmelmann A,Niklasson A,Svensson A

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The lack of nocturnal BP fall less than 10% of the daytime, called non-dipper hypertension, is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The aim of our study was to investigate atrial conduction time in patients with non-dipper hypertension using electromechanical coupling interval an...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Ermis N,Acikgoz N,Cuglan B,Cansel M,Yagmur J,Tasolar H,Barutcu I,Pekdemir H,Ozdemir R

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00