Microalbuminuria, Blood Pressure Load, and Systemic Vascular Permeability in Primary Hypertension
Author(s) -
Francesca Viazzi,
Giovanna Leoncini,
Elena Ratto,
Valentina Vaccaro,
Cinzia Tomolillo,
Valeria Falqui,
Alessandro Parodi,
Novella Conti,
Giacomo Deferrari,
Roberto Pontremoli
Publication year - 2006
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.2006.04.012
Subject(s) - microalbuminuria , medicine , blood pressure , subclinical infection , ambulatory blood pressure , cardiology , vascular permeability , pathogenesis , excretion , albuminuria , endocrinology
Microalbuminuria, a powerful predictor of cardiovascular events, is thought to reflect widespread subclinical vascular abnormalities. To explore the pathogenesis of increased urinary albumin excretion in primary hypertension we evaluated systemic capillary permeability and ambulatory blood pressure (BP) measurement in two groups of matched untreated patients with (n = 11) and without (n = 29) microalbuminuria.
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