Radial, carotid and aortic distensibility in congestive heart failure: Effects of high-dose angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or low-dose association with angiotensin type 1 receptor blockade

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1275-1282

  Giannattasio, Cristina ^a,c   Achilli, Felice ^b   Failla, Monica ^a   Capra, Anna ^a   Vincenzi, Antonella ^b   Valagussa, Franco ^b   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIAL ARTERY; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0037123134     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01755-2     Document Type: Article

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