Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To find an objective, sensitive method for quantifying microvascular alterations associated with level of blood pressure and age. DESIGN:A prospective cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Seventy-four previously untreated hypertensive patients, referred to a hospital outpatients department, and 26 normotensive volunteers participated. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and bilateral fundal photography were performed. The fundal photographs were projected on a screen such that the optic disc filled a circle of radius 5 cm. Microvessels crossing the border of a concentric circle of radius 20 cm were identified as arteriolar or venular, counted and their luminal diameters measured. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Arteriolar and venular numbers, mean diameters and vascularities (arteriolar and venular vascularities defined as the sum of arteriolar and venular diameters, respectively). RESULTS:The technique was reproducible. As blood pressure increased, arteriolar vascularity declined and venular vascularity increased. These associations resulted in a strong inverse correlation between blood pressure level and the ratio arteriolar vascularity: venular vascularity (r = 0.48, P < 0.001). Arteriolar number declined with increasing diastolic blood pressure (r = 0.22, P < 0.05). Mean arteriolar diameter appeared to have a U-shaped relationship with diastolic blood pressure levels (r = 0.27, P < 0.05). Venular dilation was associated with increasing blood pressure levels (r = 0.22, P < 0.05). Mean arteriolar and venular diameters declined significantly with age (r = 0.33 and 0.26, respectively; P < 0.01) and there was no association between arteriolar vascularity:venular vascularity ratio and age. CONCLUSIONS:The method detected disparate retinal microvascular alterations with age and blood pressure. The arteriolar vascularity:venular vascularity ratio shows promise as a non-invasive, prognostic and therapeutic guide in hypertension.
journal_name
J Hypertensjournal_title
Journal of hypertensionauthors
Stanton AV,Mullaney P,Mee F,O'Brien ET,O'Malley Ksubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1995-01-01 00:00:00pages
41-8issue
1eissn
0263-6352issn
1473-5598journal_volume
13pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The effects of low-dose endothelin on systemic haemodynamics and vasoactive hormones were examined in conscious dogs. In addition, we examined the effects of endothelin on pressor responses to noradrenaline and angiotensin II and the baroreflex regulation of heart rate in conscious dogs. Continuous infusion of 40 fmol...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199104000-00005
更新日期:1991-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Recently, the nanomechanical properties (i.e. stiffness) of endothelial cells have been identified as crucial for appropriate endothelial function. One major determinant of endothelial stiffness is the endothelial sodium channel (EnNaC). EnNaC-dependent stiffening leads to reduced nitric oxide release, which...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000736
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:It is estimated that there are more than 16 million adults with drug-resistant hypertension in China. Nevertheless, the prevalence of and risk factors for primary aldosteronism, a highly curable condition among adults with drug-resistant hypertension, has not been fully investigated. METHODS:Between January...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e328360ddf6
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Experimental models of genetic hypertension are used to develop paradigms to study human essential hypertension while removing some of the complexity inherent in the study of human subjects. Since 1991 several quantitative trait loci responsible for blood pressure regulation have been identified in various rat crosses...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00004872-199816121-00003
更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The cardiovascular responses to selective alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonism (with prazosin and idazoxan, respectively) were assessed in rats 4 weeks after unilateral nephro-adrenalectomy, contralateral adrenal enucleation and the provision of a 1% NaCl solution as drinking fluid (AEN rats) and in sham-opera...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Although 24-h urinary measure to estimate sodium and potassium excretion is the gold standard, it is not practical for large studies. We compared estimates of 24-h sodium and potassium excretion from a single morning fasting urine (MFU) using three different formulae in healthy individuals. M...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000122
更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Enhanced oxidative stress has been observed in hypertension, but the underlying mechanism has not been fully clarified. OBJECTIVE:To study the relationship between oxygen free radicals and hypertension, using platelets as a tool to measure the cellular production of superoxide anion (O2). DESIGN:Forty pati...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00004872-200406000-00016
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To compare the reproducibility of clinic and ambulatory blood pressure measurements in elderly hypertensive subjects. SUBJECTS:Twenty-two untreated elderly hypertensives, with a clinic systolic blood pressure (SBP) > 160 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) > 95 mmHg, and a mean age of 76 years (range...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199305000-00014
更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To assess the influence of sodium intake on the two components of arterial blood pressure [mean blood pressure (MBP) and pulse pressure] and left ventricular mass (LVM) in normotensive subjects and never-treated hypertensive patients. METHODS:Blood pressure, LVM (M-mode echocardiography) and sodium excretio...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-200404000-00011
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Small size at birth and greater BMI in childhood are associated with greater brachial blood pressure (BP) in later life. Aortic (central) BP differs from brachial BP and is more predictive of organ damage and cardiovascular events; the relationship between BMI in childhood and central BP is not known. METHO...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000269
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Recent studies implied that angiotension receptor blockers (ARBs) not only have an antihypertensive effect but also have beneficial effects on dementia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of ARBs on dementia and the subtypes. METHODS:We conducted a population-based cohort study with dat...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000086
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:In previous studies we demonstrated that the administration of furosemide associated with L-arginine contributes to enhanced hypotension and induces greater water than electrolyte excretion, in both normal and expansion conditions. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the interaction between furosemi...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000125445.28861.8a
更新日期:2004-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent cross-sectional studies have suggested that higher serum sodium levels may be a marker of elevated blood pressure. It is unclear whether serum sodium levels are related to the risk of developing hypertension in the community. METHODS:We investigated the association of serum sodium with longitudinal b...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32830fe4a5
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:CLINICAL STUDIES:In clinical renal transplantation studies, recipients of a renal graft from a donor with a genetic predisposition to hypertension had higher blood pressures and required more antihypertensive treatment than recipients of a renal graft from a normotensive donor. In addition, blood pressure normalization...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 社论
doi:10.1097/00004872-199309000-00001
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Cross-sectional evidence indicates that eating frequency correlates with blood pressure, hypertension, and related target organ damage. The aim of the present study was to prospectively assess eating frequency as a predictor of arteriosclerosis progression and new onset hypertension over a follow-up period o...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000000822
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There are no studies that relate BsmI polymorphism of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene and with vitamin D to blood pressure (BP). OBJECTIVE:To analyze if this polymorphism and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (25OHD3) influence BP in a population of healthy subjects. DESIGN:Transversal study on healthy populati...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000098139.70956.21
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The present study investigated the roles of insulin on central cardiovascular regulation. When rats were fed with a high-salt diet for 4 weeks, hypothalamic and pituitary contents of insulin-like immunoreactive substance (ILI) significantly decreased. The plasma concentration of ILI remained unaltered, however. Intrac...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199106000-00006
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Although the benefit of hypertension treatment is well established in high-risk patients, there is a paucity of evidence regarding the benefit of treatment in patients with uncomplicated hypertension. METHODS:Hypertensive adult patients were selected from the Korea National Health Insurance Sample Cohort in...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000001331
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patients with type-2 diabetes have a high prevalence of hypertension and show an elevated incidence of cardiovascular events and nephropathy. OBJECTIVES:Recent randomized trials of antihypertensive therapy providing information about cardiovascular and renal risk in diabetes, blood pressure goals and best s...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00004872-200211000-00001
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Emotional stress acutely and repetitively causing blood pressure increase or aggravating existing hypertension is usually not reflected by norepinephrine and epinephrine increase but by a sudden rise of dopamine, the third "defensive" catecholamine coping with the damaging neuropsychological and cardiovascular actions...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 历史文章,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000052462.40108.fb
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Microalbuminuria (MA) is a marker of adverse outcome in hypertension. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of MA with cardiovascular risk factors and glomerular hyperfiltration in the early stage of hypertension and to assess its predictive value for the development of sustained hypertensi...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-200501000-00028
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:In the past, different methods have been used to measure the carotid-femoral distance for the assessment of pulse wave velocity (PWV). However, the latest consensus published advises to use 80% of the direct straight carotid-femoral distance (D(0.8)) using either a flexible tape or a sliding c...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32835e2a2f
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A previously described Pst I restriction fragment length polymorphism in Dahl rats at the Na+, K(+)-adenosine 5'-triphosphatase (ATPase) alpha 1 isoform locus was tested for cosegregation with blood pressure in segregating populations. Inbred Dahl salt-sensitive (S) and inbred Dahl salt-resistant (R) rats were crossed...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-199005000-00010
更新日期:1990-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the antihypertensive efficacy and safety of the novel AT1 receptor antagonist, telmisartan, compared with that of enalapril in elderly patients with mild to moderate hypertension. DESIGN:A 26-week, multicenter, double-blind, parallel-group, dosage titration study. METHODS:A total of 278 patients a...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00004872-199917020-00015
更新日期:1999-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) and atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) are the most common causes of renovascular hypertension. So far, FMD is believed to cause hypertension via similar mechanisms as in ARAS, that is, a decrease in renal blood flow, which subsequently leads to increased renin secreti...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000001243
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Few data are available comparing the effects of monotherapy and combination therapy on target organ damage. The PICXEL study compared the efficacy of a strategy based on first-line combination with perindopril/indapamide versus monotherapy with enalapril in reducing left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in hyper...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/01.hjh.0000187253.35245.dc
更新日期:2005-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283430b12
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES AND DESIGN:Angiotensinogen (AGT) gene variants influence angiotensinogen plasma levels in children and young adults. The angiotensinogen promoter (-6)A variant facilitates gene transcription in human tissues and it has been associated with high blood pressure in older adults. A young adult population can be ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00004872-200112000-00009
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Polymorphisms in microRNA genes are related to the risk of ischemic stroke, but the association between miR-34b/c polymorphisms and the risk of ischemic stroke has not been reported. METHODS:MiR-34b/c rs2187473 and rs4938723 polymorphisms were genotyped by Snapshot assay among 495 controls and 492 ischemic ...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000002413
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Data from the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial show an independent direct association between starch intake and blood pressure in American men at higher risk of coronary heart disease. Cross-sectional data from the International Study of Macronutrients and Micronutrients and Blood Pressure (INTERMAP) w...
journal_title:Journal of hypertension
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32831a7294
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00