Prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy detected by Cornell voltage-duration product in a hypertensive population.

abstract：:The balance between matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMP) plays a key role in the development of hypertension and obesity. We aimed to evaluate the levels of MMP-2 and 9 and TIMP-2 and -1 in obese and non-obese apparent treatment-resistant hypertensive subjects (aTRH) and its association w...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Ritter AM,de Faria AP,Barbaro N,Sabbatini AR,Corrêa NB,Brunelli V,Amorim R,Modolo R,Moreno H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that the angiotensin receptor blocker valsartan is associated with a lower incidence of new-onset type 2 diabetes than that with the calcium-channel antagonist amlodipine in the treatment of hypertensive patients at high cardiovascular risk. We have now investigated the benefits of valsartan v...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Kjeldsen SE,McInnes GT,Mancia G,Hua TA,Julius S,Weber MA,Coca A,Girerd X,Jamerson K,Larochelle P,Macdonald T,Schmieder RE,Anthony Schork M,Viskoper R,Widimsky J,Zanchetti A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Previous studies that evaluated the prevalence of hypertension in Nigeria were either clinic based, non-standardized or did not include out-of-clinic blood pressure (BP) measurement. Materials and Methods: We selected a rural and an urban community in one state in each of the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria. ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Nwakile PC,Chori BS,Danladi B,Umar A,Okoye IC,Nwegbu M,Zawaya K,Essien I,Sada K,Ogedengbe J,Aje A,Isiguzo G,Odili AN

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep disordered breathing has increasingly been recognised as a frequent cause of ill-health in the community. Moderate or severe forms of the most common condition, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), occur in up to 12% of the adult male population. A substantial body of literature has been published on the potential rel...

journal_title：Blood pressure

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更新日期：1993-09-01 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：:Plasma level of adrenaline has been reported to be elevated in borderline hypertension. However, its role in developing and maintaining hypertension is still not completely understood. This study aimed to estimate the role of plasma adrenaline in developing hypertension. Ten patients with borderline hypertension (BHT)...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Minatoguchi S,Ito H,Ishimura K,Suzuki T,Tonai N,Mori M,Hirakawa S,Fujiwara H

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical effects of percutaneous transluminal renal artery angioplasty (PTRA) in patients with renal vascular stenosis and hypertension is controversial. METHODS:We consecutively recruited all 23 patients referred for evaluation of renovascular hypertension that eventually underwent unilateral PTRA, to ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Anfelter P,Granerus G,Stenström H,Eriksson P,Nyström FH

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare insulin sensitivity and catecholamine responses to insulin in lean, hypertensive (HT) and normotensive (NT) premenopausal women. HT (BP 149 5/99 +/- 2 mmHg, n = 14) and NT (BP 128 +/- 4/81 +/- 2 mmHg, n = 12) were matched for age (46 +/- 1 vs. 47 +/- 1 years) and body mass i...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Nordby G,Moan A,Kjeldsen SE,Eide IK,Os I

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low compliance to therapeutic regimens can have serious impact on patient health. A variety of technologies such as tablet dispensers and reminders has been developed to improve compliance. The aim of this study was to assess the acceptance of patients and physicians with regard to the functions and usefulness of a re...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Christensen A,Christrup LL,Fabricius PE,Chrostowska M,Wronka M,Narkiewicz K,Hansen EH

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial dysfunction plays a major role in erectile dysfunction (ED). Uric acid (UA) is a marker of endothelial dysfunction. We hypothesized that increased UA levels may be associated with ED and aimed to investigate whether there is a relationship between, UA and ED in hypertensive patients. METHODS:A t...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Aribas A,Kayrak M,Ulucan S,Keser A,Demir K,Alibasic H,Akilli H,Solak Y,Avci A,Turan Y,Kaya Z,Katlandur H,Kanbay M

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) are regarded to be subclinical ischemic changes of the cerebral parenchyma. Many previous studies have shown that baseline blood pressure (BP) is one of the most important factors for WMLs, but the relation between exercise BP and WMLs has not been fully evaluated. So, we...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Yang WI,Kim IJ,Kim MS,Kim SH,Moon JY,Sung JH,Lim SW,Cha DH,Cho SY

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gestational hypertension is a recognized risk factor for the development of complications during pregnancy. The present study retrospectively assessed the respective values of blood pressure components derived from conventional and 24-h recordings (ABPM) as predictors of premature delivery in women with gestational hy...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Liro M,Gasowski J,Wydra D,Grodzicki T,Emerich J,Narkiewicz K

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One-thousand-four-hundred-and-fifty-three patients admitted to a teaching hospital, haemodynamically stable and not severely ill nor in significant pain, were interviewed within 48 h of admission and demographic data and a detailed drinking history were obtained. Supine blood pressures (BP) were recorded on the day fo...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Howes JB,Ryan J,Fairbrother G,O'Neill K,Howes LG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Significant numbers of asymptomatic hypertensive patients are attacked by subclinical target organ damage (TOD) such as proteinuria, left ventricular hypertrophy and carotid atherosclerosis. Platelets become activated in uncontrolled hypertension and play a crucial role in increased thrombotic tendency. Mean...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Yarlioglues M,Kaya MG,Ardic I,Dogdu O,Kasapkara HA,Gunturk E,Akpek M,Kalay N,Dogan A,Ozdogru I,Oguzhan A

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:The aim of this study was to assess the associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the apelin and APJ (apelin receptor) genes and the risk of hypertension in people living in the south-east coastal area of China. A cross-sectional study involving 1031 participants was performed. Genotypes of the ap...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Huang F,Zhu P,Huang Q,Yuan Y,Lin F,Li Q

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:Electrical stimulation of rostromedial portion of cerebellar fastigial nucleus elicits integrated cardiovascular effects, which are neurally and humorally mediated. In this study, we sought to demonstrate the anatomical substrates of the fastigial pressor response (FPR) in the rat. The response was electrophysiologica...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Giuditta M,Ruggiero DA,Del Bo A

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：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：: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:High normal blood pressure (HNBP), i.e. blood pressure (BP) > or = 130/85 mmHg and <140/90 mmHg, is an important predictor of progression to established hypertension. DESIGN:The purpose of this retrospective study was the evaluation of the predictive value of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) for ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Pannarale G,Gaudio C,Mirabelli F,Monti F,Franchitto S,Di Michele S,Puddu PE,Fedele F

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：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：:Physical pain is a major trigger for changes in many homeostatic systems of the body physiology. Our aim was to study the relationship between blood pressure, metabolism and pain perception in subjects with chronic pain symptoms. This was undertaken in a population-based study in primary health care, including subject...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Nilsson PM,Kandell-Collén A,Andersson HI

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is compelling evidence to indicate an important role for increased local renin-angiotensin system activity in the pathogenesis of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Resveratrol is a natural polyphenol that activates SIRT1, a novel cardioprotective and longevity factor having NAD(+)-dependent histone deacetyl...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Biala A,Tauriainen E,Siltanen A,Shi J,Merasto S,Louhelainen M,Martonen E,Finckenberg P,Muller DN,Mervaala E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we aimed to elucidate the role of central noradrenergic, dopaminergic, adrenergic and serotonergic neuronal systems in the development of essential hypertension. Fifteen untreated essential hypertensive subjects (aged 44 +/- 3 years) and 32 healthy volunteers (aged 38 +/- 3 years) participated in this st...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Lambert GW,Ferrier C,Kaye DM,Kalff V,Kelly MJ,Cox HS,Turner AG,Jennings GL,Esler MD

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a sample comprising 51 normotensive subjects and 51 subjects with in-clinic arterial hypertension [blood pressures (BPs) > or = 140/90 mmHg), we investigated the prevalence of target organ damage [left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and retinal vasculopathy] in white coat hypertension (WCH) groups defined using: (a)...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Pose-Reino A,Rodríguez-Fernández M,López-Barreiro L,Coleman IC,Estévez-Nuñez JC,Méndez-Naya I

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a review of experimental and clinical research on the contribution of hypertension to cochlear hearing loss. Hypertension is one of the crucial risk factors underlying pathophysiological processes taking place in the cochlea. Several mechanisms explaining these processes have been described, mainly...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Przewoźny T,Gójska-Grymajło A,Kwarciany M,Gąsecki D,Narkiewicz K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00