The role of microalbuminuria in arterial endothelial dysfunction in hypertensive patients with carotid plaques

International Heart Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 153-159

  Yun, Lin ^a,b   Xu, Rui ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Li, Guohua ^a   Huang, Shuai ^a   Yao, Yucai ^a   Li, Jiamin ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID STENOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASODILATION;

EID: 84897084640     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.13-232     Document Type: Article

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