Blood viscosity, plasma adrenaline and fasting insulin in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy: ICARUS, a LIFE substudy

Blood Pressure

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 83-90

  Høieggen, Aud ^a,d   Fossum, Eigil ^a   Nesbitt, Shawna D ^b   Palmieri, Vittorio ^c   Kjeldsen, Sverre E ^a   Molvig, Merete Bakken ^a   Nueland, Agathe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Insulin resistance; Plasma adrenaline; Sympathetic nervous system activity; Whole blood viscosity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; INSULIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0034129874     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050050151771     Document Type: Article

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