abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging is a major risk factor for the development of arterial stiffness and vascular disease, and it is related to the upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in the aorta of rats and nonhuman primates. This study aimed to determine whether MMP activity in the human vasculature changes with aging. ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： McNulty M,Spiers P,McGovern E,Feely J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Normal pregnancy is characterized by a decrease in peripheral resistance and generalized vasodilation resulting in plasma volume expansion, which is associated with intrauterine growth. Stiffness of the arterial system may be a measure of the degree of plasma volume expansion. Pulse wave velocity (PWV), meas...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Elvan-Taspinar A,Franx A,Bots ML,Koomans HA,Bruinse HW

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differences between the antihypertensive responses to drug therapy measured by office blood pressure (OBP) and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) techniques have been noted but rarely analyzed. We studied whether the OBP and 24-h ABPM responses to hydrochlorothiazide differ and, if so, the relevance...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Finkielman JD,Schwartz GL,Chapman AB,Boerwinkle E,Turner ST

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are responsible for more than 50% of the deaths in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Sleep apnea (SA) has been recognized as a risk factor for CVD. Previous studies have shown a higher prevalence of SA among patients on dialysis. METHODS:Forty-five nondiabetics pati...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： de Oliveira Rodrigues CJ,Marson O,Tufic S,Kohlmann O Jr,Guimarães SM,Togeiro P,Ribeiro AB,Tavares A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial dysfunction and arterial stiffening are commonly observed in type 2 diabetes. These abnormalities might be secondary to increased plasma concentrations of homocysteine. We sought to determine whether oral folic acid supplementation, by lowering homocysteine levels, enhanced endothelial function a...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Mangoni AA,Sherwood RA,Asonganyi B,Swift CG,Thomas S,Jackson SH

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome are often used synonymously, concordance is not established. METHODS:Metabolic, hemodynamic, and hormonal data were analyzed on 141 patients in the Trial of Preventing Hypertension (TROPHY) Sub-Study with high-normal blood pressure (BP) (130 to 139/85 to 89...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Egan BM,Papademetriou V,Wofford M,Calhoun D,Fernandes J,Riehle JE,Nesbitt S,Michelson E,Julius S,TROPHY Sub-study Investigative Team.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the development of hypertension, glucose replaces triacylglycerols (TG) as the main energy source for the myocardium. However, there are no available studies investigating the TG molecular species composition of the myocardium in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR). The objective of this study wa...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Perona JS,Ruiz-Gutierrez V

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erectile dysfunction (ED) is common among men taking antihypertensive drugs to control blood pressure. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of sildenafil citrate for treating ED in men taking multiple antihypertensive medications in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. METHODS:A total of 56...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Pickering TG,Shepherd AM,Puddey I,Glasser DB,Orazem J,Sherman N,Mancia G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prognostic value of left ventricular (LV) concentric remodeling in essential hypertension, and particularly in uncomplicated mild hypertension, is not yet completely clear. We investigated cardiovascular outcome in uncomplicated mild hypertensive patients with normal LV geometry and LV concentric remodel...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Pierdomenico SD,Lapenna D,Bucci A,Manente BM,Cuccurullo F,Mezzetti A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased sodium intake has been positively associated with high blood pressure (BP) and hypertensive target organ damage, but associations with cardiac structure in nonhypertensive individuals have yielded inconsistent results. We tested the hypothesis that sodium intake is associated with left ventricular ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Dhingra R,Pencina MJ,Benjamin EJ,Levy D,Larson MG,Meigs JB,Rifai N,D'Agostino RB Sr,Vasan RS

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolated systolic hypertension (ISH), more so than any other hypertension subtype, increases the risk for stroke and coronary heart disease. The prevalence of ISH versus other hypertension subtypes in the general Chinese adult population is not known. METHODS:The prevalence of isolated systolic and isolated...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Huang J,Wildman RP,Gu D,Muntner P,Su S,He J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that repetitive severe hypoxemia resulting from obstructive sleep apnea would increase serum erythropoietin, and that this increase would be attenuated by effective treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. METHODS:We studied healthy untreated patients with obstructive sleep apnea (18 se...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Winnicki M,Shamsuzzaman A,Lanfranchi P,Accurso V,Olson E,Davison D,Somers VK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dyslipidemia in hypertensive sibships may be characterized by atherogenic small low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles. Whether LDL particle size is associated with the extent of coronary atherosclerosis in hypertensive sibships is unknown. METHODS:Subjects (n = 792, mean age 62 years, 60% women) were asce...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Kullo IJ,Bailey KR,McConnell JP,Peyser PA,Bielak LF,Kardia SL,Sheedy PF 2nd,Boerwinkle E,Turner ST

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ascending aortic fractional pulse pressure and fractional systolic pressure (FSP) were demonstrated to differentiate patients with and without coronary artery disease. However, no study so far has analyzed the relationship between FSP and fractional diastolic pressure (FDP) and the extent of coronary artery ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Jankowski P,Kawecka-Jaszcz K,Bryniarski L,Czarnecka D,Brzozowska-Kiszka M,Pośnik-Urbańska A,Kopeć G,Dragan J,Klecha A,Dudek D

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There may be a link among stress, adrenal medullary activation, and the development of hypertension. Obesity is characterized by sympathetic activation and predisposes to hypertension, but may be associated with low or normal adrenal medullary activity. We hypothesized that plasma epinephrine (E) levels and ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Reims HM,Fossum E,Høieggen A,Moan A,Eide I,Kjeldsen SE

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are the drugs of choice in renal hypertension. The efficacy and safety of ramipril in adults has been proved; however, data on effectiveness of ramipril in children are few. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of ramipril on blood pressure (BP) ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Seeman T,Dusek J,Vondrák K,Flögelová H,Geier P,Janda J

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increasing number of arterial function assessments are available, including small and large arterial elasticity (SAE/C2, LAE/C1), endothelial function as measured by flow mediated dilation (FMD), carotid intima-medial thickness (IMT), ankle brachial index (ABI), pulse pressure (PP), and pulse wave velocit...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Wilson AM,O'Neal D,Nelson CL,Prior DL,Best JD,Jenkins AJ

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common reason for an outpatient physician visit is for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension. The Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC) VII, which is increasingly evidence-based, advises the clinician to use studies of the mean response...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Graves JW,Sheps SG

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most patients with hypertension require more than one agent to control blood pressure (BP). The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of the angiotensin II receptor blocker olmesartan medoxomil in combination with hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). METHODS:This was a randomized, double-blind,...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Chrysant SG,Weber MA,Wang AC,Hinman DJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent reports suggest that existing antihypertensive agents may not have sufficient efficacy to control blood pressure (BP) in many patients. Omapatrilat, an agent under development, has been shown to have significantly greater antihypertensive efficacy than existing agents, but may also carry increased ris...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Kostis JB,Packer M,Black HR,Schmieder R,Henry D,Levy E

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Calcium channel blockers such as amlodipine are effective antihypertensive agents. In this study we investigated the effects of amlodipine on vascular oxidative stress, expression of the lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor (LOX-1), and endothelial function in angiotensin (Ang) II-infused ra...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Zhou MS,Jaimes EA,Raij L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and calcium channel blockers (CCBs) increase arterial compliance and decrease left ventricular mass in hypertensive patients. This study examined whether combined therapy has greater arterial and cardiac effects than doubled doses of the individual drugs. METHO...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Neutel JM,Smith DH,Weber MA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical literature that has coalesced during the past two to three decades has identified adequate intake of nutrients from dairy foods as a common factor in the reduction of the disease burden of several common medical conditions. These include obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis, kidney stones, cert...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： McCarron DA,Heaney RP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal angiography (RA) is considered to be the gold standard for the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis (RAS). However, it is invasive and potentially harmful; hence there is a need for an optimal noninvasive test. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is currently accepted as the optimal noninvasive test by ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Attallah N,Yee J,Gutierrez A,Musial J,Parasuraman R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reactive oxygen species play a key role in the formation of endothelial dysfunction accompanying diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and other cardiovascular diseases. METHOD:This study compares oxidative stress (OS) in Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), non-insulin-dependent Cohen...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Friedman J,Peleg E,Kagan T,Shnizer S,Rosenthal T

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the major causes of mortality in persons with diabetes, and many factors, including hypertension, contribute to this high prevalence of CVD. The incidence of hypertension in patients with diabetes is approximately twofold higher than in age-matched subjects without the disease, and co...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Sowers JR

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous reports have demonstrated the antihypertensive efficacy of high doses of spironolactone in subjects with primary aldosteronism and, to a lesser degree, subjects with resistant hypertension. METHODS:In current analysis, we examined the antihypertensive benefit of adding low-dose spironolactone to mu...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Nishizaka MK,Zaman MA,Calhoun DA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The morbidity and mortality benefits of blood pressure (BP) control for the elderly is well documented. The cognitive consequences of hypertension control in this population, however, are still under debate. We aim to study the association between BP and cognitive performance in the elderly. Specifically, we...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Paran E,Anson O,Reuveni H

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One effort to improve hypertension care in the United States is the development of the "Hypertension Specialist" program with appropriate training and certification of individual physicians. METHODS:We examined the impact of a hypertension clinic on blood pressure (BP) levels and control. RESULTS:By one ye...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Bansal N,Tendler BE,White WB,Mansoor GA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ratio of urinary concentrations of tetrahydrocortisol plus allotetrahydrocortisol to tetrahydrocortisone [(THF + ATHF)/THE] reflects the activity of the enzyme 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11BHSD2), which converts cortisol to cortisone in the kidney and thereby protects the mineralocortico...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Melander O,Frandsen E,Groop L,Hulthén UL

更新日期：2003-09-01 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:Determinants of exercise capacity have not been clearly defined in hypertensive patients. Doppler tissue imaging (DTI), a recently developed echocardiographic modality, is useful for evaluating left ventricular (LV) function regardless of loading conditions. The present study was performed to identify the de...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Kim HK,Kim YJ,Cho YS,Sohn DW,Lee MM,Park YB,Choi YS

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In hypertensives, nondippers are more likely than dippers to suffer silent, as well as overt, hypertensive target organ damage. In this study, we investigated whether a nondipper status was associated with target organ damage in normotensives. METHODS:We performed ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring, ...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Hoshide S,Kario K,Hoshide Y,Umeda Y,Hashimoto T,Kunii O,Ojima T,Shimada K

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients often exhibit higher blood pressure (BP) readings in the doctor's office, a phenomenon known as the white coat effect. This study examines the presence of a physician in the examining room as a possible factor in provoking a white coat effect. METHODS:Blood pressure measurements taken by an automat...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Myers MG,Valdivieso MA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is evidence that diuretics and beta blockers impair glucose tolerance, whereas calcium channel blockers and angiotensin converting enzyme blockers lack this metabolic effect. We compared the effect of a combination therapy with a nondihydropyridine calcium channel blocker plus an angiotensin converting...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Holzgreve H,Nakov R,Beck K,Janka HU

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High salt diet causes cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis and increases cardiac aldosterone, while decreasing plasma aldosterone. The present study assessed, in Wistar rats, the effect of high salt diet on left and right ventricle (LV and RV, respectively) weight and fibrosis both with and without the aldostero...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Lal A,Veinot JP,Leenen FH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteopontin (Opn) is highly upregulated in many different animal models of renal disease, where it is suspected to participate in progression of the disease. In some models, angiotensin II (Ang II) seems to induce the elevated Opn production. Therefore, we examined the regulation of Opn in two-kidney, one-cl...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Gauer S,Hartner A,Hauser IA,Fierlbeck W,Eberhardt W,Geiger H

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs interfere with certain antihypertensive therapies. In a double-blind study, 385 hypertensive patients stabilized on an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor were treated with nabumetone, celecoxib, ibuprofen, or placebo for 4 weeks. Ibuprofen caused significantly greater increase...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Palmer R,Weiss R,Zusman RM,Haig A,Flavin S,MacDonald B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study investigates the effects of chronic administration of omapatrilat (OMA) on blood pressure (BP), renal injury, and other variables in N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) hypertension and in the low-renin model produced by the simultaneous administration of L-NAME and deoxycorticosterone...

journal_title：American journal of hypertension

authors： Rodriguez-Gomez I,Wangensteen R,Atucha NM,O'Valle F,Del Moral RG,Garcia-Estañ J,Vargas F,Osuna A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00