Treatment of essential arterial hypertension with enalapril does not result in normalization of endothelial dysfunction of the conduit arteries

Angiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-192

  Eržen, Barbara ^a   Gradišek, Primo ^a   Poredoš, Pavel ^a   Šabovič, Mišo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ENALAPRIL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASODILATION;

EID: 33645750852     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970605700208     Document Type: Article

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