TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 11, Issue 11 (November 1998)
Original Contributions
Pharmacologic treatment of hypertension in the Department of Veterans Affairs during 1995 and 1996
David Siegel, Julio Lopez and Joy Meier
Am J Hypertens 11: 1271-1278; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00158-7
Prevalence of hypertension in chronic cocaine users
Carolyn S. Brecklin, Anna Gopaniuk-Folga, Teresa Kravetz, Siama Sabah, Ashok Singh, Jose A. L. Arruda and George Dunea
Am J Hypertens 11: 1279-1283; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00135-6
Contributions of hypoxia and respiratory disturbance index to sympathetic activation and blood pressure in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Nir Peled, Avital Greenberg, Giora Pillar, Oren Zinder, Nurit Levi and Peretz Lavie
Am J Hypertens 11: 1284-1289; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00159-9
Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition by captopril influences cardiac work in healthy hearts
Inge Derad, Andreas Dendorfer, Peter Dominiak, Horst L. Fehm and Jan Born
Am J Hypertens 11: 1290-1296; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00160-5
Biomolecular changes in the aging myocardium
Leon Ferder, Luis A. Romano, Liliana B. Ercole, Inés Stella and Felipe Inserra
Am J Hypertens 11: 1297-1304; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00152-6
Is there a role for the ob gene product leptin in essential hypertension?
PaoloM Suter, Rudolf Locher, Erik Häsler and Wilhelm Vetter
Am J Hypertens 11: 1305-1311; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00162-9
Sympathetic nerve activity and insulin sensitivity in normotensive offspring of hypertensive parents
Martin Hausberg, ChristineA Sinkey, AllynL Mark, RobertP Hoffman and Erling A. Anderson
Am J Hypertens 11: 1312-1320; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00146-0
Assessment of a new dipstick test in screening for microalbuminuria in patients with hypertension
Linda M. Gerber, Karen Johnston and Michael H. Alderman
Am J Hypertens 11: 1321-1327; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00136-8
The accuracy and clinical performance of a new compact ambulatory blood pressure monitoring device, the ES-H531
Iwao Kuwajima, Masanori Nishinaga and Akiko Kanamaru
Am J Hypertens 11: 1328-1333; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00155-1
Apolipoprotein E phenotype determines the effect of alcohol on blood pressure in middle-aged men
Heikki Kauma, MarkkuJ Savolainen, AskoO Rantala, Mauno Lilja, Kari Kervinen, Antti Reunanen and Y.Antero Kesäniemi
Am J Hypertens 11: 1334-1343; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00163-0
Circadian rhythm of urinary endothelin-1 excretion in mild hypertensive patients
Yeo-Shin Hwang, Tusty-Jiuan Hsieh, Yau-Jiunn Lee and Juei-Hsiung Tsai
Am J Hypertens 11: 1344-1351; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00170-8
Cardiovascular abnormalities in never-treated hypertensives according to nondipper status
Aldo L. Ferrara, Fabrizio Pasanisi, Marina Crivaro, Lucio Guida, Vittorio Palmieri, Iole Gaeta, Rita Iannuzzi and Aldo Celentano
Am J Hypertens 11: 1352-1357; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00164-2
Postprandial hypotension: evaluation by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
Katsuhiko Kohara, Kinji Uemura, Yasunori Takata, Takafumi Okura, Yutaka Kitami and Kunio Hiwada
Am J Hypertens 11: 1358-1363; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00161-7
Bilateral nephrectomy: the best, but often overlooked, treatment for refractory hypertension in hemodialysis patients
Jan Zazgornik, Georg Biesenbach, Otmar Janko, Christoph Gross, Rudolf Mair, Peter Brücke, Alicja Debska-Slizien and Boleslaw Rutkowski
Am J Hypertens 11: 1364-1370; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00154-X
Brief Communications
Lack of effect of a single oral dose of cyclosporine on systemic blood pressure and on forearm blood flow and vascular resistance in humans
José Jayme Galvão De Lima, Fernanda M. Consolim Colombo, Heno Ferreira Lopes, Grazia Maria Guerra Riccio and Eduardo M. Krieger
Am J Hypertens 11: 1371-1375; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00156-3
Changes in blood pressure and heart rate variability during dental surgery
Kiyoshi Matsumura, Keiko Miura, Yutaka Takata, Hideo Kurokawa, Minoru Kajiyama, Isao Abe and Masatoshi Fujishima
Am J Hypertens 11: 1376-1380; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00157-5
The effect of regulation of high blood pressure on plasma endothelin-1 levels in blacks with hypertension
Sitki Ergul, Adviye Ergul, John A. Hudson, David Puett, Bobbye M. Wieman, Marcus D. Durham and David C. Parish
Am J Hypertens 11: 1381-1385; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00150-2
Vasorelaxant effects of cicletanine and its (+)- and (-)-enantiomers in isolated human pulmonary arteries
Alexei Y. Bagrov, Marie-Therese Droy-Lefaix and Renata I. Dmitrieva
Am J Hypertens 11: 1386-1389; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00151-4
Decreased membrane Mg2+ concentrations in a subgroup of hypertensives
Klaus Kisters, Martin Tepel, Claus Spieker, Walter Zidek, Michael Barenbrock, Faruk Tokmak, Markus Kosch, Martin Hausberg and KarlHeinz Rahn
Am J Hypertens 11: 1390-1393; doi:10.1016/S0895-7061(98)00169-1
