Associations of plasma endothelin concentration with carotid atherosclerosis and asymptomatic cerebrovascular lesions in patients with essential hypertension

Hypertension Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 663-670

  Minami, S ^a   Yamano, S ^a   Yamamoto, Y ^a   Sasaki, R ^a   Nakashima, T ^a   Takaoka, M ^a   Hashimoto, T ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic lacune; Carotid plaque; Endothelin 1; Essential hypertension; Periventricular hyperintensity

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; B SCAN; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0035210827     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.24.663     Document Type: Article

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