Article
Hypertension and atherosclerosis. Cause and effect, or two effects with one unknown cause?
Circulation - 1 Dec 1991
Bondjers G, Glukhova M, Hansson G K, Postnov Y V, Reidy M A, Schwartz S M
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension is associated with an increased risk of clinical cardiovascular complications due to atherosclerosis. However, attempts to reduce that risk with antihypertensive treatment have not always been successful. Therefore, it may be significant to discuss antihypertensive treatment in view...
Topics
- Animals
- Arteriosclerosis
- Cell Membrane
- Endothelium, Vascular
- Humans
- Hypertension
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Phenotype
- Proto-Oncogenes
- Second Messenger Systems