Effects of amlodipine and candesartan on oxidized LDL level in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) improves upper airway obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), who often are overweight-obese. Although it is thought that CPAP improves long-term blood pressure control (BP), the impact of acute and short-term CPAP use on the cardiovascular syst...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Ratneswaran C,Pengo MF,Xiao S,Luo Y,Rossi GP,Polkey MI,Moxham J,Steier J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascending aortic blood pressure-derived indices were shown to be related to coronary atherosclerosis. However, no study so far has analyzed the relation between ascending aortic pulsatility and the extent of coronary atherosclerosis in normotensives. Therefore, the aim of the present analysis was to assess the relatio...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Jankowski P,Kawecka-Jaszcz K,Czarnecka D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standardization of blood pressure (BP) measurement is important for both clinical and epidemiological purposes. The aim of the present study was to investigate early vs late morning measurements of BP and heart rate in healthy subjects. During the years 1972-75, healthy men aged 40-59 years (n = 2014) participated in ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Bodegard J,Erikssen G,Sandvik L,Kjeldsen SE,Bjørnholt J,Erikssen JE

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main objective was to compare the mean change in augmentation index of hypertensive patients treated with nebivolol or atenolol. METHODS:Multicenter, double-blind randomized study conducted in six Spanish centers. We enrolled outpatients between the ages of 40 and 65 years with mild or moderate essent...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Redón J,Pascual-Izuel JM,Rodilla E,Vicente A,Oliván J,Bonet J,Torguet JP,Calaforra O,Almirall J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HEART project was conducted in general practice to determine whether lifestyle strategies, aimed at increasing physical activity and dietary modification, can be substituted for drug therapy in patients who have been well controlled on antihypertensive medication. In addition to blood pressure (BP) and risk factor...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Reid CM,Maher T,Jennings GL,Heart Project Steering Committee.

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：AIM:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of home blood pressure (BP) measurement, the type of devices and accuracy in a large sample of hypertensive patients referred to hospital outpatient hypertension clinics. METHODS:Eight hundred and fifty-five consecutive treated hypertensive patients who atte...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Cuspidi C,Meani S,Lonati L,Fusi V,Magnaghi G,Garavelli G,Palumbo G,Pini C,Vaccarella A,Parati G,Leonetti G,Zanchetti A,Lombardy Regional Section of the Italian Hypertension Society.

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：UNLABELLED:Resistant hypertensive (RHTN) patients have endothelial dysfunction and aldosterone excess, which contribute to the development of resistance to antihypertensive treatment and cardiovascular complications. Biophysical forces within the arterial wall provide functional regulation of arterial stiffness. Caroti...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Figueiredo VN,Yugar-Toledo JC,Martins LC,Martins LB,de Faria AP,de Haro Moraes C,Sierra C,Coca A,Moreno H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

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：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：BACKGROUND:Abnormal left ventricular (LV) geometric patterns, particularly concentric LV hypertrophy, are associated with a greater risk of hypertensive complications. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between LV myocardial performance index (LVMPI) and aortic distensibility (AD) with different L...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Sahіn DY,Gür M,Elbasan Z,Kalkan GY,Ozdoğru I,Kivrak A,Gözübüyük G,Kuloğlu O,Sümbül Z,Cayli M

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Using both in vitro and in vivo techniques, it has repeatedly been shown that endothelium-dependent vasodilation (EDV) is impaired in different forms of experimental hypertension (SHR, Dahl salt-sensitive rat, DOCA-salt rat and renovascular hypertension). EDV has also been found to be impaired in primary, as well as i...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Lind L

更新日期：2000-01-01 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: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 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：:Since there appear to be important interactions between mechanisms of salt-sensitive and carbohydrate-sensitive hypertension, the goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of greatly reducing dietary salt intake and removal of one kidney (to increase salt sensitivity) on the hemodynamic and metabolic responses to...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Donnelly R,Ho H,Reaven GM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To describe the limitation of physical activity, the cause of limitation of physical activity and symptoms of dyspnea and chest pain before and 2 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in relation to a history of hypertension. METHODS:All patients from western Sweden who underwent CABG between 1988 and...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Herlitz J,Caidahl K,Albertsson P,Karlsson T,Hartford M,Haglid M,Lurje L,Karlson BW,Sjöland H

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To compare unattended blood pressure (BP) with two attended BP, with 24-h ambulatory (ABPM) and central BP measurements in hypertensive patients with (DMs) and without diabetes (HTs). METHODS:In the same hypertension clinic we evaluate 129 consecutive HTs (56% female, 59 + 16 yrs) and 91 DMs (62% female, 64 ...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Polonia J,Baptista C,Silva J,Barbosa L

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：AIM:Our aim was to study different levels of high blood pressure and normal blood pressure (reference) to calculate the hazard ratios (HRs) for cardiovascular and total mortality in men and women with adjustments for many covariates. METHODS:A health-screening program was offered to a population-based sample in Stockh...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Carlsson AC,Theobald H,Hellénius ML,Wändell PE

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：: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

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

abstract：:Elevated intracellular free calcium (Ca2+) has been proposed as a mechanism of alcohol-induced hypertension from animal experimental studies, but this has not been confirmed in man. In the present study, intraplatelet Ca2+ concentration (plt.[Ca2+]i) was measured in 83 middle-aged men, and the associations between alc...

journal_title：Blood pressure

authors： Ikai E,Ishizaki M,Tsuritani I,Ishida M,Noborisaka Y,Yamada Y

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00