Vascular Hypertrophy and Remodeling in Secondary Hypertension
- 1 November 1996
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Hypertension
- Vol. 28 (5) , 785-790
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.28.5.785
Abstract
It has been proposed that several neurohumoral factors may be involved in the genesis of vascular structural changes (remodeling or hypertrophy) frequently observed in essential hypertension. Therefore, in this study we investigated vascular structural alterations of subcutaneous small resistance arteries in patients with secondary forms of hypertension. The study included 70 participants: 11 with pheochromocytoma, 13 with primary aldosteronism, and 17 with renovascular hypertension; 13 normotensive subjects and 16 patients with essential hypertension served as controls. All subjects were submitted to a biopsy of subcutaneous fat. Small resistance arteries were dissected and mounted on a micromyograph, and media-lumen ratio, media thickness, remodeling index, and growth index were evaluated. Endothelial function was evaluated according to the dose-response curve to acetylcholine. In patients with either primary aldosteronism or renovascular hypertension, a marked increase in media-lumen ratio was observed...Keywords
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