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| Plavnik,F.L.; Silva,M.A.M.R.T.; Kohlmann,N.E.B.; Kohlmann Jr.,O.; Ribeiro,A.B.; Zanella,M.T.. |
| The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between urinary albumin excretion (UAE), cardiac structural changes upon echocardiography and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure (ABPM) levels. Twenty mild hypertensive patients (mean age 56.8 ± 9.6 years) were evaluated. After 2 weeks of a washout period of all antihypertensive drugs, all patients underwent an echocardiographic evaluation, a 24-h ABPM and an overnight urine collection. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure during 24-h ABPM was 145 ± 14/91 ± 10 mmHg (daytime) and 130 ± 14/76 ± 8 mmHg (nighttime), respectively. Seven (35%) patients presented UAE > or = 15 µg/min, and for the whole group, the geometric mean value for UAE was 10.2 x/÷ 3.86 µg/min. Cardiac measurements showed mean values... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hypertension; Microalbuminuria; Left ventricular hypertrophy; Blood pressure monitoring. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000700006 |
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| Teixeira,A.M.S.; Plavnik,F.L.; Fernandes,F.B.; Marson,O.; Christofalo,D.M.J.; Ajzen,S.A.; Sesso,R.; Franco,M.C.; Casarini,D.E.. |
| We described angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) isoforms with molecular masses of 190, 90, and 65 kDa in the urine of normotensive offspring of hypertensive subjects. Since they did not appear in equal amounts, we suggested that 90 kDa ACE might be a marker for hypertension. We evaluated the endothelial response in normotensive offspring with or without family history of hypertension and its association with the 90 kDa ACE in urine. Thirty-five normotensive subjects with a known family history of hypertension and 20 subjects without a family history of hypertension, matched for age, sex, body weight, and blood pressure, were included in the study. Endothelial function was assessed by ultrasound and a sample of urine was collected for determination of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Endothelial dysfunction; Angiotensin-I-converting enzyme; Hypertension; Normotension; N-domain angiotensin- converting enzyme. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000500002 |
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| Plavnik,F.L.; Ajzen,S.; Kohlmann Jr.,O.; Tavares,A.; Zanella,M.T.; Ribeiro,A.B.; Ramos,O.L.. |
| The aim of this study was to analyze the thickness of the intima-media complex (IMC) using a noninvasive method. The carotid and femoral common arteries were evaluated by noninvasive B-mode ultrasound in 63 normotensive and in 52 hypertensive subjects and the thickness of the IMC was tested for correlation with blood pressure, cardiac structures and several clinical and biological parameters. The IMC was thicker in hypertensive than in normotensive subjects (0.67 ± 0.13 and 0.62 ± 0.16 vs 0.54 ± 0.09 and 0.52 ± 0.11 mm, respectively, P<0.0001). In normotensive patients, the simple linear regression showed significant correlations between IMC and age, body mass index and 24-h systolic blood pressure for both the carotid and femoral arteries. In... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Arterial thickness; B-mode ultrasound; 24-ABPM; Cardiac structures. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2000000100008 |
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| Moriel,P.; Sevanian,A.; Ajzen,S.; Zanella,M.T.; Plavnik,F.L.; Rubbo,H.; Abdalla,D.S.P.. |
| The objective of the present study was to identify disturbances of nitric oxide radical (·NO) metabolism and the formation of cholesterol oxidation products in human essential hypertension. The concentrations of·NO derivatives (nitrite, nitrate, S-nitrosothiols and nitrotyrosine), water and lipid-soluble antioxidants and cholesterol oxides were measured in plasma of 11 patients with mild essential hypertension (H: 57.8 ± 9.7 years; blood pressure, 148.3 ± 24.8/90.8 ± 10.2 mmHg) and in 11 healthy subjects (N: 48.4 ± 7.0 years; blood pressure, 119.4 ± 9.4/75.0 ± 8.0 mmHg).Nitrite, nitrate and S-nitrosothiols were measured by chemiluminescence and nitrotyrosine was determined by ELISA. Antioxidants were determined by reverse-phase HPLC and cholesterol oxides... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Nitrotyrosine; S-nitrosothiols; Nitrate; Oxidized LDL; Lipid peroxidation; Endothelin-1. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002001100007 |
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