Investigation of skin vasoreactivity and blood flow oscillations in hypertensive patients: Effect of short-term antihypertensive treatment

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1569-1576

  Rossi, Marco ^a   Bradbury, Adam ^b   Magagna, Armando ^a   Pesce, Margherita ^a   Taddei, Stefano ^a   Stefanovska, Aneta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antihypertensive treatment; arterial hypertension; laser Doppler flowmetry; skin blood flow oscillations; skin microcirculation; skin postocclusive reactive hyperaemia

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; RENIN INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PARAMETER; POSTOCCLUSIVE REACTIVE HYPEREMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN BLOOD FLOW OSCILLATION; SPECTROSCOPY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960618211     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e328348b653     Document Type: Article

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