Effect of obesity on endothelium-dependent, nitric oxide-mediated vasodilation in normotensive individuals and patients with essential hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1038-1045

  Higashi, Yukihito ^a   Sasaki, Shota ^a   Nakagawa, Keigo ^a   Matsuura, Hideo ^a   Chayama, Kazuaki ^a   Oshima, Tetsuya ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Endothelial function; Essential hypertension; Nitric oxide; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARM BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; OBESITY; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034769936     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(01)02191-4     Document Type: Article

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