Articles in 2005

Long-Term Anti-Hypertensive Therapy with Benidipine Improves Arterial Stiffness over Blood Pressure Lowering

• Toshihiro Kita
• Yoshihiko Suzuki
• Kazuo Kitamura

Relationships between Echocardiographic Findings, Pulse Wave Velocity, and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

• Hisashi Masugata
• Shoichi Senda
• Masakazu Kohno

T1198C Polymorphism of the Angiotensinogen Gene and Antihypertensive Response to Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors

• Huimin Yu
• Shuguang Lin
• Wenjun Ma

Collagen Metabolism in Extracellular Matrix May Be Involved in Arterial Stiffness in Older Hypertensive Patients with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

• Joji Ishikawa
• Kazuomi Kario
• Kazuyuki Shimada

Comparison of the Effects of Cilnidipine and Amlodipine on Ambulatory Blood Pressure

• Satoshi Hoshide
• Kazuomi Kario
• Kazuyuki Shimada

Selective Angiotensin Receptor Antagonism with Valsartan Decreases Arterial Stiffness Independently of Blood Pressure Lowering in Hypertensive Patients

• Tetsuya Nakamura
• Shigeki Fujii
• Masahiko Kurabayashi

Renoprotective Effect of Pravastatin in Salt-Loaded Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats

• Makiko Kido
• Katsuyuki Ando
• Toshiro Fujita

Insulin Resistance Is Associated with Arterial Stiffness in Nondiabetic Hypertensives Independent of Metabolic Status

• Hye-Sun Seo
• Tae Soo Kang
• Namsik Chung

Effects of a New Calcium Channel Blocker, Azelnidipine, on Systemic Hemodynamics and Renal Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

• Takatomi Shokoji
• Yoshihide Fujisawa
• Akira Nishiyama

Long-Term Compliance with Salt Restriction in Japanese Hypertensive Patients

• Yuko Ohta
• Takuya Tsuchihashi
• Michio Ueno

Oxidation and Carboxy Methyl Lysine-Modification of Albumin: Possible Involvement in the Progression of Oxidative Stress in Hemodialysis Patients

• Katsumi Mera
• Makoto Anraku
• Masaki Otagiri

Effect of Telmisartan on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring, Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide, and Oxidative Status of Serum Albumin in Hemodialysis Patients

• Hidetaka Shimada
• Kenichiro Kitamura
• Kimio Tomita

Impact of Hypertension on Medical Economics: A 10-Year Follow-Up Study of National Health Insurance in Shiga, Japan

• Koshi Nakamura
• Tomonori Okamura
• Hirotsugu Ueshima

Age-Specific Relationship between Blood Pressure and the Risk of Total and Cardiovascular Mortality in Japanese Men and Women

• Toshimi Sairenchi
• Hiroyasu Iso
• Tadao Nose

Effects of Valsartan on the Progression of Chronic Renal Insufficiency in Patients with Nondiabetic Renal Diseases

• Toshihiko Ishimitsu
• Tomoko Kameda
• Hiroaki Matsuoka

Clinical Implications of Assessing Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve and Plasma Endothelin-1 in Hypertensive Patients

• Hideki Fujii
• Shin Takiuchi
• Yuhei Kawano

Beneficial Effect of T-Type Calcium Channel Blockers on Endothelial Function in Patients with Essential Hypertension

• Tetsuya Oshima
• Ryoji Ozono
• Masayuki Kambe

Effects of Microbleeds on Hemorrhage Development in Leukoaraiosis Patients

• Seung-Hoon Lee
• Jae-Hyeok Heo
• Byung-Woo Yoon

Elevation of Serum Soluble E-and P-Selectin in Patients with Hypertension Is Reversed by Benidipine, a Long-Acting Calcium Channel Blocker

• Hironobu Sanada
• Sanae Midorikawa
• Tsuyoshi Watanabe

The Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Japanese Hypertensive Patients with Hypercholesterolemia: Sub-Analysis of the Japan Lipid Intervention Trial (J-LIT) Study, a Large-Scale Observational Cohort Study

• Kazuaki Shimamoto
• Toru Kita
• Hiroshige Itakura