Cardioankle vascular index evaluations revealed that cotreatment of ARB antihypertension medication with traditional Chinese medicine improved arterial functionality

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 355-360

  Xu, Yan ^a   Yan, Hua ^a   Yao, Min J ^a   Ma, Jie ^a   Jia, Jun M ^a   Ruan, Fen X ^a   Yao, Zeng C ^a   Huang, Hua M ^a   Zheng, Jing ^a   Chen, Ting ^a   Lv, Hua ^a   Endler, Alexander M ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHINESE DRUG; QIAN YANG HE JI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CORONARY ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART INDEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84877615141     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: 15334023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e31827afddf     Document Type: Article

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