TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 11, Issue 10 (October 1998)
Original Contributions
Effects of potassium supplementation on office, home, and 24-h blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension
Yuhei Kawano, Junichi Minami, Shuichi Takishita and Teruo Omae
Am J Hypertens 11: 1141-1146; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00037-5
Ambulatory—not office—blood pressures decline during hormone replacement therapy in healthy postmenopausal women
Frans J van Ittersum, W.Marchien van Baal, Peter Kenemans, Velja Mijatovic, Ab J.M Donker, Marius J van der Mooren and Coen D.A Stehouwer
Am J Hypertens 11: 1147-1152; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00165-4
Ambulatory 24-h blood pressure monitoring in healthy, middle-aged smokeless tobacco users, smokers, and nontobacco users
Gunilla Bolinder and Ulf de Faire
Am J Hypertens 11: 1153-1163; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00137-X
Left ventricular geometric patterns and QT dispersion in untreated essential hypertension
Zehra Bu
ra, Nevres Koylan, Ahmet Vural, Faruk Erzengin, Berrin Umman, Ercüment Y
lmaz, Mehmet Meriç and Kemalettin Büyüköztürk
Am J Hypertens 11: 1164-1170; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00144-7
Left ventricular geometry as an independent predictor for extracardiac target organ damage in essential hypertension
Yuji Shigematsu, Mareomi Hamada, Tomoaki Ohtsuka, Hidetoshi Hashida, Shuntaro Ikeda, Taishi Kuwahara, Yuji Hara, Koji Kodama and Kunio Hiwada
Am J Hypertens 11: 1171-1177; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00140-X
Factors influencing reduction in blood pressure and left ventricular mass in hypertensive type-1 diabetic patients using captopril or doxazosin for 6 months
E. Gerdts, E. Svarstad, S. Aanderud, O.L. Myking, P. Lund-Johansen and P. Omvik
Am J Hypertens 11: 1178-1187; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00194-0
Left ventricular contractile performance, ventriculoarterial coupling, and left ventricular efficiency in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy
Alain Nitenberg, Isabelle Antony and Alain Loiseau
Am J Hypertens 11: 1188-1198; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00131-9
Renal perfusion pressure is an important determinant of sodium and calcium excretion in DOC-salt hypertension
Michael W. Brands and John E. Hall
Am J Hypertens 11: 1199-1207; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00031-4
Effects of urinary ouabain-like factors and vanadium diascorbate on calcium mobilization in porcine inner medullary collecting duct cells
Herbert J Kramer, Angela Bäcker and Harald Meyer-Lehnert
Am J Hypertens 11: 1208-1213; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00134-4
Activation of Na+,H+ exchanger produces vasoconstriction of renal resistance vessels
Martin Tepel, Joachim Jankowski, Christian Ruess, Martin Steinmetz, Marcus van der Giet and Walter Zidek
Am J Hypertens 11: 1214-1221; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00127-7
Lovastatin reduces renal vascular reactivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats
Jian Jiang, Chen-Wen Sun, Magdalena Alonso-Galicia and Richard J. Roman
Am J Hypertens 11: 1222-1231; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00143-5
Effects of hyperinsulinemia on the regulation of regional blood flow and blood pressure in anesthetized dogs
Eduardo Villa, Rafael GarcIa-Robles and JuanCarlos Romero
Am J Hypertens 11: 1232-1238; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00133-2
Brief Communications
Increased plasma levels of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF-BB + PDGF-AB) in patients with never-treated mild essential hypertension
Ermanno Rossi, Bruno Casali, Giuseppe Regolisti, Simona Davoli, Franco Perazzoli, Aurelio Negro, Carlo Sani, Bruno Tumiati and Davide Nicoli
Am J Hypertens 11: 1239-1243; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00124-1
Sexual function in hypertensive males treated with lisinopril or atenolol
Roberto Fogari, Annalisa Zoppi, Luca Corradi, Amedeo Mugellini, Luigi Poletti and Paola Lusardi
Am J Hypertens 11: 1244-1247; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00139-3
Determinants of left ventricular mass in early hypertension
Brian Baker, Brian O'Kelly, John Paul Szalai, Marko Katic, Douglas McKessock, Richard Ogilvie, Antoni Basinski and Sheldon W Tobe
Am J Hypertens 11: 1248-1251; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00132-0
Resting diastolic function and left ventricular mass are related to exercise capacity in hypertensive men but not in women
Ali G Gharavi, Joseph A Diamond, Adam Y Goldman, Neil L Coplan, Jeffrey S Jhang, Marilyn Steinmetz, Rochelle Goldsmith and Robert A Phillips
Am J Hypertens 11: 1252-1257; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00138-1
Reviews
Antihypertensive therapy and insulin sensitivity: Do we have to redefine the role of 
-blocking agents?
Stephan Jacob, Kristian Rett and Erik J Henriksen
Am J Hypertens 11: 1258-1265; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00141-1
