Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertension Is Independent From the Etiology and From Vascular Structure

Hypertension

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 335-341

  Rizzoni, Damiano ^a   Porteri, Enzo ^a   Castellano, Maurizio ^a   Bettoni, Giorgio ^a   Muiesan, Maria Lorenza ^a   Tiberio, Guido ^a   Giulini, Stefano M ^a   Rossi, Gianpaolo ^a   Bernini, Gianpaolo ^a   Agabiti Rosei, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; CHOLESTEROL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; RENIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL TUMOR; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIASTOLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLE; URINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HYPERTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ALDOSTERONE; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL; DIASTOLE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROPRUSSIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENIN; SYSTOLE; TRIGLYCERIDES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031601720     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.31.1.335     Document Type: Article

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