Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition versus β-adrenergic blockade on aortic stiffness in essential hypertension

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-104

  Savolainen, Aslak ^a   Keto, Pekka ^a   Poutanen, Veli Pekka ^a   Hekali, Pauli ^a   Standertskjöld Nordenstam, Carl Gustaf ^a   Rames, Alexis ^b   Kupari, Markku ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Hypertension; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CILAZAPRIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; AORTA, THORACIC; ATENOLOL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CILAZAPRIL; COMPLIANCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030058815     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199601000-00016     Document Type: Article

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