The Captopril Prevention Project (CAPPP): description and status.

abstract：:Hypertension is the most ubiquitous risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States. Results from clinical trials have established the benefit of antihypertensive therapy in preventing the morbidity and mortality associated with high blood pressure, including...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Black HR

更新日期：1998-01-01 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:Although insulin resistance (IR) is thought to be related to vascular dysfunction, the difference in the relationship of IR to microvasculature and macrovasculature reactivity has not yet been clarified. The present study was conducted to clarify whether the IR is more closely related to the macrovasculature...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Yoshida M,Tomiyama H,Yamada J,Matsumoto C,Odaira M,Shiina K,Yamashina A

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term "blood pressure" was coined almost 300 years ago by the man who first measured it, the Reverend Stephen Hales of England. However, our understanding of the pathogenesis and consequences of hypertension, as well as the available treatments for it, have remained greatly limited and inadequate until only the pas...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Hansson L

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Strong associations between blood pressure (BP) and overweight raise the question whether overweight children (body mass index (BMI) ≥85th percentile) should be included in the normative database. METHODS:Using the LMS (Lamda-Mu-Sigma) method, we developed age-, gender-, and height-adjusted percentile curve...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Schwandt P,Scholze JE,Bertsch T,Liepold E,Haas GM

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in children after kidney transplant were analyzed to ascertain any alteration in circadian BP profile, degree of hypertension, and efficacy of therapy. The data were also compared with casual BP data and left ventricular mass index (LVMI). We have examined 30 ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Calzolari A,Giordano U,Matteucci MC,Pastore E,Turchetta A,Rizzoni G,Alpert B

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We determined the prognostic value of the Cornell/strain [C/S] index, a simple electrocardiographic (ECG) index for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) defined by the presence of either a classic strain pattern or a Cornell voltage (sum of R in aVL + S in V(3)) >2.0 mV in women or 2.4 mV in men, or both. MET...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Verdecchia P,Angeli F,Reboldi G,Carluccio E,Benemio G,Gattobigio R,Borgioni C,Bentivoglio M,Porcellati C,Ambrosio G

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The reduction of coronary flow reserve (CFR) found in arterial hypertension may be due to changes in afterload, left ventricular (LV) structure, and metabolic factors. Also, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) may be associated with the magnitude of CFR in relation to its modulating action on cardiac and en...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Galderisi M,Caso P,Cicala S,De Simone L,Barbieri M,Vitale G,de Divitiis O,Paolisso G

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Carvedilol is known to be an adrenoreceptor blocker and free radical scavenger, used in hypertension and cardiac failure. However, its therapeutic actions cannot be fully explained by these mechanisms. In these studies, we tested the hypothesis that carvedilol action is associated with the synthesis/release ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Afonso RA,Patarrao RS,Macedo MP,Carmo MM

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the level to which blood pressure is reduced becomes increasingly important when one considers preservation of renal function. It is clear that three major subsets of patients emerge as requiring levels of blood pressure control of < 130/85 mm Hg to preserve renal function. Such individuals include b...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Bakris GL

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The target levels of home-monitored blood pressure (BP) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have not yet been established. We sought to examine the appropriate target home BP level in T2DM. METHODS:This is a subanalysis of the Japan Morning Surge-Home Blood Pressure (J-HOP) study. We enrolled 4,...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Eguchi K,Hoshide S,Komori T,Nagasaka S,Kario K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic systemic inflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation and an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Currently few studies have evaluated the potent...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Barnes JN,Nualnim N,Sugawara J,Sommerlad SM,Renzi CP,Tanaka H

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Essential hypertension ranks among the strongest cardiovascular risk factors. Cytokine production by monocytes plays a key role in atherosclerosis development and acute coronary syndromes. We investigated whether stimulated monocyte cytokine release and its inhibition by glucocorticoids would differ between ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Wirtz PH,von Känel R,Frey K,Ehlert U,Fischer JE

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process whereby a physician explains to the ill patient what has gone wrong and what can be done about it can be taught and evaluated by simulated patients (SPIs). This study was designed to determine whether a training experience in educating a diabetic SPI improves subsequent performance with a hypertensive SPI....

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Zweifler AJ,Sisson JC,Wolf FM,Trabin NL,Dicken LL,Gruppen LD,Grum CM,Baum KD

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genetic factors may influence blood pressure (BP) responses to dietary potassium intake. We examined the association of genetic variants in the apelin-APJ system and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) with BP responses to potassium supplementation. METHODS:We conducted a 7-day potassium supplementation ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Zhao Q,Gu D,Kelly TN,Hixson JE,Rao DC,Jaquish CE,Chen J,Huang J,Chen CS,Gu CC,Whelton PK,He J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure is reportedly elevated in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) neonate, the etiology of which remains unclear. Aberrations in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis have been implicated, as it is well accepted that excess corticosteroids are associated with hypertension. We examined aspects of adre...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Malee MP,Wu KY

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A resequencing study of renal epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) genes was conducted to identify rare variants associated with blood pressure (BP) salt-sensitivity. METHODS:The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt-Sensitivity (GenSalt) study was conducted among 1,906 participants who underwent a 7-day low-sod...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Gu X,Gu D,He J,Rao DC,Hixson JE,Chen J,Li J,Huang J,Wu X,Rice TK,Shimmin LC,Kelly TN

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Surveys taken of blood pressure in Greenland indicated prevailing levels similar to those in the USA. Morphometrically measured renovasculopathies in 88 autopsies confirmed blood pressure levels comparable to the survey findings. At clinic visits, the recorded blood pressures in 48 of the autopsies verified the morpho...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Tracy RE,Mulvad G,Pederson HS,Jul E,Bjerregaard P,Newman WP 3rd

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) is characterized by persistent hypertension and hypokalemia, which is caused by impaired inactivation of cortisol (F) to cortisone (E). The thyroid hormone has been known to influence the F to E conversion leading to efficacious inactivation of F into E. However,...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Inagaki K,Otsuka F,Otani H,Sato C,Miyoshi T,Ogura T,Makino H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study evaluates the growth promoting effect of insulin on the proliferative activity of cells from rat mesenteric arteries in culture in order to test the hypothesis that insulin may play a pathogenetic role in the hypertrophy of resistance vessels. The proliferative effect of insulin was studied in cultur...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Cruzado M,Risler N,Castro C,Ortiz A,Rüttler ME

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possibility that seasonal adaptation requires significant hemodynamic changes, 5 normotensive and 21 mildly hypertensive subjects were followed through 4 seasons for changes in systemic hemodynamics and sympathetic nervous activity. In the upright position wintertime blood pressures increased by 3% ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Izzo JL Jr,Larrabee PS,Sander E,Lillis LM

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the hypertensive heart, epicardial arteries are not enlarged, despite increased total coronary flow related to augmented cardiac workload, wall stress, and left ventricular (LV) mass. The aims of this study were to assess the impact of different hemodynamic factors and LV mass on baseline left main corona...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Kozakova M,Paterni M,Bartolomucci F,Morizzo C,Rossi G,Galetta F,Palombo C

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma renin activity (PRA) declines with age in normal individuals, but the effect of age on plasma angiotensin II (ANG II) is less clear. A decline in plasma ANG II with age could result in altered platelet ANG II receptor density since plasma hormone levels influence their target organ receptors. To investigate thi...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Duggan J,Kilfeather S,O'Brien E,O'Malley K,Nussberger J

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the major mechanisms controlling the renal release of renin, renal nerves are known to exert a direct stimulating action on juxtaglomerular cells that is mediated by beta-adrenoceptors. Activation of the renal nerves also exerts an important permissive role in order to amplify and possibly accelerate responses t...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Stella A,Golin R,Zanchetti A

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study has been to test the hypothesis of an alpha 2-adrenoreceptor alteration in human essential hypertension. The design of the study involved the oral administration of 10 mg yohimbine, an alpha 2-adrenergic antagonist, to 25 healthy volunteers and 29 sex- and age-matched untreated hypertensive p...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Musso NR,Vergassola C,Pende A,Lotti G

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of an endogenous sodium pump inhibitor in the pathogenesis of hypertension has been reported in several papers. Unfortunately, because of the unknown structure and lack of biochemical characterization, some discrepancies have arisen. In this study we report a method to obtain extracts from human plasma that a...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Boschi S,Munarini A,Borghi C,Strocchi E,Costa FV,Mussi A,Ettore A

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake were measured in 47 age-, weight-, and sex-matched lean white men (16 with normal blood pressure, 14 with untreated hypertension, nine treated with a thiazide diuretic only, and eight treated with combined diuretic ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Swislocki AL,Hoffman BB,Reaven GM

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although cardiovascular (CV) risks are reported in first-degree relatives (FDRs) of type 2 diabetics, effects of gender on sympathovagal imbalance (SVI) and CV risks in these subjects have not been investigated. METHODS:Body mass index (BMI), blood pressure variability parameters including baroreflex sensit...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Pal GK,Adithan C,Ananthanarayanan PH,Pal P,Nanda N,Durgadevi T,Lalitha V,Syamsunder AN,Dutta TK

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Schlager inbred hypertensive mice (BPH/2J) have been suggested to have high blood pressure (BP) due to an overactive sympathetic nervous system (SNS). The brain nuclei associated with the hypertension are also those involved in the integration of the cardiovascular responses to stress. Therefore, in the pres...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Davern PJ,Jackson KL,Nguyen-Huu TP,La Greca L,Head GA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of increased lability of blood pressure on the development of aortic atherosclerosis was examined. Because sinoaortic denervation (SAD) produced increased lability of blood pressure without blood pressure elevation, the development of atheromatous plaque was examined in SAD rats. These rats were fed a hi...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Sasaki S,Yoneda Y,Fujita H,Uchida A,Takenaka K,Takesako T,Itoh H,Nakata T,Takeda K,Nakagawa M

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00