Search results for " stiffness aortica"

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The Association of Microalbuminuria With Aortic Stiffness Is Independent of C-Reactive Protein in Essential Hypertension

2009

BACKGROUND It has not been fully elucidated whether microalbuminuria (MAU) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) are associated with aortic distensibility independently of each other. Our study was aimed to evaluate the independent relationships of urinary albumin excretion rate (AER) and hsCRP with aortic stiffness in hypertensive patients. METHODS We enrolled 140 untreated nondiabetic essential hypertensives (mean age: 48 +/- 12 years). In all subjects, 24-hour AER and plasma levels of hsCRP were determined by immunoenzymatic assay. MAU was defined as an AER of 20-200 microg/min. Aortic stiffness was assessed by measurement of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (PWV). RESULTS C…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyMean arterial pressureEssential hypertensionMicroalbuminuria flogosi stiffness aorticaHeart RateInternal medicinemedicine.arteryInternal MedicineAlbuminuriaHumansMedicinecardiovascular diseasesPulse wave velocityAortaDemographyAortaProteinuriabiologybusiness.industryC-reactive proteinMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseC-Reactive ProteinEndocrinologyHypertensionbiology.proteinCardiologyFemaleAortic stiffnessMicroalbuminuriamedicine.symptombusinessAmerican Journal of Hypertension
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C-Reactive Protein is Associated with Aortic Stiffness Independentely of Microalbuminuria in Essential Hypertension

2008

Flogosi subclinica stiffness aortica microalbuminuria
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La relazione tra microalbuminuria e stiffness aortica è indipendente dal filtrato glomerulare nell’ipertensione essenziale

2008

Microalbuminuria filtrato glomerulare stiffness aortica
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La sindrome metabolica negli ipertesi essenziali mai trattati farmacologicamente: effetti sulla stiffness aortica

2005

sindrome metabolica stiffness aortica ipertensione
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