Antihypertensive therapy increases cerebral blood flow and carotid distensibility in hypertensive elderly subjects.

Lipsitz, Lewis A; Gagnon, Margaret; Vyas, Mitul; Iloputaife, Ikechukwu; Kiely, Dan K; Sorond, Farzaneh; Serrador, Jorge; Cheng, Debbie M; Babikian, Viken; Cupples, L Adrienne

Lipsitz, Lewis A; Gagnon, Margaret; Vyas, Mitul; Iloputaife, Ikechukwu; Kiely, Dan K; Sorond, Farzaneh; Serrador, Jorge; Cheng, Debbie M; Babikian, Viken; Cupples, L Adrienne.

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Lipsitz LA; Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, Boston, MA 02131, USA. lipsitz@mail.hrca.harvard.edu

Hypertension ; 45(2): 216-21, 2005 Feb.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15655124

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Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use; Carotid Arteries/physiopathology; Cerebrovascular Circulation/drug effects; Hypertension/drug therapy; Hypertension/physiopathology; Aged; Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers/therapeutic use; Blood Flow Velocity/drug effects; Blood Pressure/drug effects; Carotid Arteries/diagnostic imaging; Compliance/drug effects; Female; Humans; Hydrochlorothiazide/therapeutic use; Lisinopril/therapeutic use; Male; Middle Cerebral Artery/diagnostic imaging; Middle Cerebral Artery/physiopathology; Nifedipine/therapeutic use; Photoplethysmography; Prospective Studies; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial; Vascular Resistance/drug effects; Vasodilator Agents/therapeutic use

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Database: MEDLINE Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM: Terapias_biologicas / Aromoterapia Main subject: Carotid Arteries / Cerebrovascular Circulation / Hypertension / Antihypertensive Agents Type of study: Clinical_trials / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: Hypertension Year: 2005 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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