Effect of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker candesartan on endothelial function in patients with essential hypertension
Effect of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker candesartan on endothelial function in patients with essential hypertension
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DOI:
10.1161/01.hyp.35.1.501
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发表时间:
2000-01-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Salvetti, A
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作者:
Ghiadoni, L;Virdis, A;Salvetti, A
Patients with essential hypertension are characterized by impaired basal and agonist-evoked nitric oxide release and increased endogenous endothelin (ET)-1-induced vasoconstriction. To assess whether candesartan, an angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker, can improve endothelial function, we studied the changes in forearm blood flow (FBF) induced in 15 hypertensive patients and in 15 control subjects by the intrabrachial infusion of N-G-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA), norepinephrine, the ET A/B receptor antagonist TAK 044, sodium nitroprusside, and acetylcholine. In hypertensive patients, the FBF study was repeated 2 and 12 months after the start of treatment with candesartan cilexetil (8 to 16 mg daily). Compared with controls (maximal FBF decrease, -46+/-11%), hypertensive patients showed a reduced (P