Endothelial dysfunction in resistance arteries is related to high blood pressure and circulating low density lipoproteins in previously treated hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 9 I, 2001, Pages 861-867

  Olsen, Michael Hecht ^a   Wachtell, Kristian ^a,c   Aalkjaer, Christian ^b   Devereux, Richard B ^c   Dige Petersen, Harriet ^a   Ibsen, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Hypertension; Lipids; Vascular structure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; ARTERIES; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NITROPRUSSIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034832451     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-7061(01)02148-3     Document Type: Article

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