Volume 5, Number 4A, April 2013 (Special Issue on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Diseases)

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Effect of antihypertensive therapy on hospitalization and mortality among uncomplicated and high risk hypertensive patients

Luca Degli Esposti, Stefania Saragoni, Chiara Veronesi, Carlo Cerra, Paolo Batacchi, Claudia Pagliaro, Alessandra Sturani, Ezio Degli Esposti

Abstract | References PDF (206KB) ,PP. 1-8, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A001, Downloads: 460 Google Scholar

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Renin-angiotensin system blockade: Effect on renal mRNA expression in 5/6 nephrectomized rats

Erika Yadira Cruz-Laguna, Ana Ma. Gámez-Méndez, Hilda Vargas-Robles, Amelia Ríos, Alfonso Méndez-Tenorio, Bruno Escalante

Abstract | References PDF (746KB) ,PP. 9-15, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A002, Downloads: 176 Google Scholar

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The relation between birth weight and hypertension. A study among Danish nurses

Rie Adser Virkus, Berit Heitmann, Erik Obel, Thomas Bergholt, Ellen Løkkegaard

Abstract | References PDF (69KB) ,PP. 16-22, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A003, Downloads: 266 Google Scholar

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Cardioprotective effects of tea and its catechins

Nana Li, Yue Zhao, Yuerong Liang

Abstract | References PDF (142KB) ,PP. 23-30, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A004, Downloads: 193 Google Scholar

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Serotonin uptake rates in platelets from angiotensin II-induced hypertensive mice

Preeti Singh, Terry W. Fletcher, Yicong Li, Nancy J. Rusch, Fusun Kilic

Abstract | References PDF (691KB) ,PP. 31-39, Pub. Date: April 18, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A005, Downloads: 114 Google Scholar

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Microalbuminuria in pediatric patients with hypertension

Nataša Marčun Varda

Abstract | References PDF (167KB) ,PP. 40-46, Pub. Date: April 19, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A006, Downloads: 145 Google Scholar

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Illness beliefs about hypertension among non-patients and healthy relatives of patients

Antonio Del Castillo, Débora Godoy-Izquierdo, Mª Luisa Vázquez, Juan F. Godoy

Abstract | References PDF (188KB) ,PP. 47-58, Pub. Date: April 19, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A007, Downloads: 147 Google Scholar

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Effect of music on blood pressure, pulse rate and respiratory rate of asymptomatic individuals: A randomized controlled trial

Samitha Siritunga, Kumudu Wijewardena, Ruwan Ekanayaka, Premadasa Mudunkotuwa

Abstract | References PDF (168KB) ,PP. 59-64, Pub. Date: April 19, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A008, Downloads: 180 Google Scholar

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Neuromodulation in treatment of hypertension by acupuncture: A neurophysiological prospective

Peyman Benharash, Wei Zhou

Abstract | References PDF (506KB) ,PP. 65-72, Pub. Date: April 23, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A009, Downloads: 120 Google Scholar

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Fatty acids composition of erythrocytes in arterial hypertension associated with dyslipidemia

Tatyana P. Novgorodtseva, Yulia K. Karaman, Tatyana A. Gvozdenko, Marina V. Antonyuk, Vera V. Knyshova

Abstract | References PDF (157KB) ,PP. 73-77, Pub. Date: April 23, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A010, Downloads: 104 Google Scholar

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Effect of gestational protein restriction on left ventricle hypertrophy and heart angiotensin II signaling pathway in adult offspring rats

Renan Brisollada Silva, Flávia Fernandes Mesquita, Marília Andreo, Heloisa Balan Assalin, José Antônio Rocha Gontijo, Patrícia Aline Boer

Abstract | References PDF (1439KB) ,PP. 78-84, Pub. Date: April 30, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/health.2013.54A011, Downloads: 119 Google Scholar