Restoration of Nitric Oxide Availability After Calcium Antagonist Treatment in Essential Hypertension
- 1 March 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 37 (3) , 943-948
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.37.3.943
Abstract
Essential hypertension is associated with impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation caused by oxygen free radical–induced nitric oxide (NO) breakdown. Because calcium antagonists can improve endo...Keywords
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