Role of Endothelin in the Increased Vascular Tone of Patients With Essential Hypertension
- 1 February 1999
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 33 (2) , 753-758
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.33.2.753
Abstract
—We investigated the possible role of endothelin in the increased vasoconstrictor tone of hypertensive patients using antagonists of endothelin receptors. Forearm blood flow (FBF) responses...Keywords
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