Comparison of the effects of antihypertensive treatment with angiotensin II blockade and beta-blockade on carotid wall structure and haemodynamics: Protocol and baseline demographics

JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 116-122

  Ariff, Ben ^a   Stanton, Alice ^b   Barratt, Dean ^a   Augst, Alex ^c   Glor, Fadi ^c   Poulter, Neil ^a   Sever, Peter ^a   Xu, Yun ^c   Hughes, Alun ^a   McGthom, Simon A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candesartan cilexetil; Carotid haemodynamics; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; FELODIPINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ATENOLOL; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TETRAZOLES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036615321     PISSN: 14703203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3317/jraas.2002.012     Document Type: Article

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