Increased carotid intima-media thickness in hypertensive patients with a high aldosterone/plasma renin activity ratio and elevated aldosterone plasma concentration

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1499-1500

  González Pérez, Paloma ^a,b   Stiefel, Pablo ^b  

^a Neurology Department   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; RENIN;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; B SCAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY; INTIMA; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ALDOSTERONE; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RENIN; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 54449087803     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3282fd6932     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

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