Reduction of resistance artery stiffness by treatment with the AT1-receptor antagonist losartan in essential hypertension

JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-45

  Park, Jeong Bae ^a   Intengan, Hope D ^a   Schiffrin, Ernesto L ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonist; Compliance; Distensibility; Elastic modulus; Elasticity; Hypertrophy; Remodeling; Vascular mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LOSARTAN;

ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUTTOCKS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOSARTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; SKIN; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034160475     PISSN: 14703203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3317/jraas.2000.009     Document Type: Article

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