Angiotensin II stimulates left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients independently of blood pressure

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 418-422

  Jacobi, Johannes ^a   Schlaich, Markus P ^a   Delles, Christian ^a   Schobel, Hans P ^a   Schmieder, Roland E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Renal hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN; INULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL GROWTH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADULT; ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; BLOOD PRESSURE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; KIDNEY; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0032899283     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00251-9     Document Type: Article

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