Effects of valsartan and nifedipine coat-core on systemic arterial stiffness in hypertensive patients

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1050-1055

  Munakata, Masanori ^a   Nagasaki, Akio ^a   Nunokawa, Tohru ^a   Sakuma, Toshiaki ^a   Kato, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshinaga, Kaoru ^a   Toyota, Takayoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

angiotensin II receptor blocker; Arterial stiffness; calcium channel blocker; sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

NIFEDIPINE; VALSARTAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA;

ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIFEDIPINE; TETRAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALINE;

EID: 7944233130     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.06.028     Document Type: Article

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