Improvement of impaired coronary vasodilator reserve in hypertensive patients by low-dose ACE inhibitor/diuretic therapy: A pilot PET study

JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-95

  Mourad, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Hanon, Olivier ^b   Deverre, Jean Robert ^c   Camici, Paolo G ^e   Sellier, Philippe ^b   Duboc, Denis ^d   Safar, Michel E ^b  

^a Hospital St Michel   (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^c CEA SHJF   (France)

^d Department of Cardiology ^*  (France)

^e HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive therapy; Microcirculation; Myocardial blood flow; Position emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CORONARY VASODILATING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; INDAPAMIDE; PERINDOPRIL; PRETERAX;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037813116     PISSN: 14703203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3317/jraas.2003.018     Document Type: Article

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