Effects of atenolol or losartan on fibrinolysis and von willebrand factor in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-152

  Boman, Kurt ^a   Boman, Jenny Hernestål ^a   Andersson, Jonas ^a   Olofsson, Mona ^a   Dahlöf, Björn ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atenolol; Fibrinolysis; Hypertension; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Losartan; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; LOSARTAN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ATENOLOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LOSARTAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; THROMBOPHILIA; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 77949892349     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029609349501     Document Type: Article

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