Structural changes in small resistance arteries and left ventricular geometry in patients with primary and secondary hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1439-1444

  Muiesan, Maria Lorenza ^a   Rizzoni, Damiano ^a   Salvetti, Massimo ^a   Porteri, Enzo ^a   Monteduro, Cristina ^a   Guelfi, Daniele ^a   Castellano, Maurizio ^a   Garavelli, Guido ^a   Agabiti Rosei, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Essential hypertension; Left ventricular geometry; Secondary hypertension; Small resistance arteries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYOGRAPHY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIMARY HYPERALDOSTERONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ARTERY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ALDOSTERONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALDOSTERONE; ARTERIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 0036628767     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200207000-00032     Document Type: Article

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