TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 18, Issue 1 (January 2005)
Editorial
Report on the fifth annual Laragh conference: Interaction of the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) with the Renin-Angiotensin System, the Kinin System and Beyond
Haralambos Gavras
Am J Hypertens 18: 1-2; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.015
Original Contributions
Metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in the TROPHY sub-study: Contrasting views in patients with high-normal blood pressure
Brent M. Egan, Vasilios Papademetriou, Marion Wofford, David Calhoun, Jyotika Fernandes, Jessica E. Riehle, Shawna Nesbitt, Eric Michelson and Stevo Julius TROPHY Sub-study Investigative Team
Am J Hypertens 18: 3-12; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.008
Combination of half doses of angiotensin type 1 receptor antagonist and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in diabetic nephropathy
Tomomi Fujisawa, Hiroshi Ikegami, Masaya Ono, Masanori Nishino, Shinsuke Noso, Yumiko Kawabata and Toshio Ogihara
Am J Hypertens 18: 13-17; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.001
Arterial compliance changes in diabetic normotensive patients after angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition therapy
Athanasios J. Manolis, Stella Iraklianou, Andreas Pittaras, Michael Zairis, Konstantinos Tsioufis, George Psaltiras, Demetra Psomali, Stefanos Foussas, Irene Gavras and Haralambos Gavras
Am J Hypertens 18: 18-22; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.014
Type 2 diabetes is associated with left ventricular concentric remodeling in hypertensive patients
Kazuo Eguchi, Kazuomi Kario, Satoshi Hoshide, Joji Ishikawa, Masato Morinari and Kazuyuki Shimada
Am J Hypertens 18: 23-29; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.024
Adiponectin, insulin resistance, and left ventricular structure in dipper and nondipper essential hypertensive patients
Paolo Della Mea, Mario Lupia, Valentina Bandolin, Samuele Guzzon, Nicoletta Sonino, Roberto Vettor and Francesco Fallo
Am J Hypertens 18: 30-35; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.029
Progesterone increases blood pressure in spontaneous gestational hypertension in rats
Leslie C. Sharkey, Sharon Kirchain, Sylvia A. McCune, Gregory I.C. Simpson, Elizabeth Z. Archambault, Naomi K. Boatright, Erin Hicks and John Fray
Am J Hypertens 18: 36-43; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.07.024
Antiproteinuric effects of mineralocorticoid receptor blockade in patients with chronic renal disease
Atsuhisa Sato, Koichi Hayashi and Takao Saruta
Am J Hypertens 18: 44-49; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.06.029
Aldosterone-to-renin ratio, arterial stiffness, and the response to aldosterone antagonism in essential hypertension
Azra Mahmud and John Feely
Am J Hypertens 18: 50-55; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.026
Effects of circadian rhythms, posture, and medication on renin-aldosterone interrelations in essential hypertensives
Maxime Lamarre-Cliche, Jacques de Champlain, Yves Lacourcière, Luc Poirier, Maria Karas and Pierre Larochelle
Am J Hypertens 18: 56-64; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.025
Determination of arterial compliance using blood pressure waveform analysis with the CR-2000 system
Reuven Zimlichman, Marina Shargorodsky, Mona Boaz, Daniel Duprez, Karl-Heintz Rahn, Damiano Rizzoni, Antonio Coca Payeras, Christian Hamm and Gary McVeigh
Am J Hypertens 18: 65-71; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.013
Triacylglycerol molecular species are depleted to different extents in the myocardium of spontaneously hypertensive rats fed two oleic acid–rich oils
Javier S. Perona and Valentina Ruiz-Gutierrez
Am J Hypertens 18: 72-80; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.11.012
Vascular smooth muscle cell NAD(P)H oxidase activity during the development of hypertension: Effect of angiotensin II and role of insulinlike growth factor-1 receptor transactivation
Montserrat C. Cruzado, Norma R. Risler, Roberto M. Miatello, Guoying Yao, Ernesto L. Schiffrin and Rhian M. Touyz
Am J Hypertens 18: 81-87; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.09.001
A randomized controlled trial of stress reduction in African Americans treated for hypertension for over one year
Robert H. Schneider, Charles N. Alexander, Frank Staggers, David W. Orme-Johnson, Maxwell Rainforth, John W. Salerno, William Sheppard, Amparo Castillo-Richmond, Vernon A. Barnes and Sanford I. Nidich
Am J Hypertens 18: 88-98; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.027
Pleiotropic genetic effects contribute to the correlation between HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL particle size in hypertensive sibships
Iftikhar J. Kullo, Mariza de Andrade, Eric Boerwinkle, Joseph P. McConnell, Sharon L.R. Kardia and Stephen T. Turner
Am J Hypertens 18: 99-103; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.09.002
High pulse pressure and nondipping circadian blood pressure in patients with coronary artery disease: Relationship to thrombogenesis and endothelial damage/dysfunction
Kaeng W. Lee, Andrew D. Blann and Gregory Y.H. Lip
Am J Hypertens 18: 104-115; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.09.003
Association of ambulatory blood pressure and dietary caffeine in adolescents
Margaret R. Savoca, M. Lynne MacKey, Conner D. Evans, Martha Wilson, David A. Ludwig and Gregory A. Harshfield
Am J Hypertens 18: 116-120; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.011
Reviews
Of the renin-angiotensin system and reactive oxygen species
Lawrence A. Leiter and Richard Z. Lewanczuk
Am J Hypertens 18: 121-128; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.07.001
Acute effects of caffeine on arterial stiffness, wave reflections, and central aortic pressures
Theodoros G. Papaioannou, Kalliopi Karatzi, Emmanouil Karatzis, Christos Papamichael and John P. Lekakis
Am J Hypertens 18: 129-136; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.08.017
Influence of lifestyle modification on arterial stiffness and wave reflections
Hirofumi Tanaka and Michel E. Safar
Am J Hypertens 18: 137-144; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.07.008
Letters to the Editor
Physicians and blood pressure measurement
Fernando Nobre
Am J Hypertens 18: 145; doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.07.023