Treatment with irbesartan or atenolol improves endothelial function in essential hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1813-1818

  Von Zur Mühlen, Bengt ^a   Kahan, Thomas ^b   Hägg, Anders ^a   Millgård, Jonas ^a   Lind, Lars ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II antagonist; Blood flow; Endothelium; Human; Hypertension; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; IRBESARTAN; METHACHOLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034809629     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200110000-00015     Document Type: Article

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