Male Gender and Not the Severity of Hypertension Is Associated With End-Organ Damage in Aged Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats | Zendy

Shreeharsha N. Masineni | Zendy; Praveen Chander | Zendy; Gagan D. Singh | Zendy; C. Andrew Powers | Zendy; Charles T. Stier | Zendy

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Male Gender and Not the Severity of Hypertension Is Associated With End-Organ Damage in Aged Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Author(s) -

Shreeharsha N. Masineni,

Praveen Chander,

Gagan D. Singh,

C. Andrew Powers,

Charles T. Stier

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.12.014

Subject(s) - medicine , blood pressure , end organ damage , stroke (engine) , endocrinology , proteinuria , kidney , glomerulosclerosis , mean arterial pressure , blood urea nitrogen , cardiology , heart rate , mechanical engineering , engineering

It is well-known that gender affects the progression of kidney failure. Male patients exhibit faster development of age-dependent renal disease than do women. In the present study, we examined arterial blood pressure (BP), proteinuria, and end-organ damage in male and female retired breeders from our colony of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP).

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