Influence of antihypertensive therapy with cilazapril and hydrochlorothiazide on the stiffness of the aorta

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-57

  Breithaupt Grögler, Kerstin ^a   Leschinger, Monika ^a   Belz, Gustav Georg ^a,c   Butzer, Raunhild ^a   Erb, Katharina ^a   De Mey, Christian ^a   Sinn, Werner ^b  

^a Ctr Cardiovasc Pharmacol M   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Zentrum Kardiovaskulare P   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Arterial distensibility; Cilazapril; Hydrochlorothiazide; Pulse wave velocity; Windkessel function

Indexed keywords

CILAZAPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA; AORTA WALL; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HAND GRIP; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0029869950     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00051130     Document Type: Article

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