Aging and endothelial function in normotensive subjects and patients with essential hypertension

Circulation

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1981-1987

  Taddei, Stefano ^a   Virdis, Agostino ^a   Mattei, Paola ^a   Ghiadoni, Lorenzo ^a   Gennari, Alessandra ^a   Fasolo, Ciro Basile ^a   Sudano, Isabella ^a   Salvetti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; aging; endothelium; hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0028907886     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.91.7.1981     Document Type: Article

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