Elevated blood pressure in offspring born premature to hypertensive pregnancy: Is endothelial dysfunction the underlying vascular mechanism?

Hypertension

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-165

  Lazdam, Merzaka ^a   De La Horra, Arancha ^a,b   Pitcher, Alex ^a   Mannie, Zola ^a   Diesch, Jonathan ^a   Trevitt, Corinne ^a   Kylintireas, Ilias ^a,c   Contractor, Hussain ^a   Singhal, Atul ^d   Lucas, Alan ^d   Neubauer, Stefan ^a   Kharbanda, Rajesh ^a   Alp, Nicholas ^a   Kelly, Brenda ^b   Leeson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Endothelial function; Fetal programming; Preeclampsia; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTIMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PULSE WAVE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953808441     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.150235     Document Type: Article

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