Endothelin but Not Angiotensin II May Mediate Hypertension-Induced Coronary Vascular Calcification in Chronic Kidney Disease

To understand the relationship between putative neurohormonal factors operative in hypertension and coronary artery calcification (CAC), the relevant cellular actions of angiotensin (Ang II) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) are reviewed. There is compelling evidence to implicate ET-1 in CAC. ET-1 increases p...

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Autor principal: Rabkin, Simon W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21747998
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/516237

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3124859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21747998
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/516237

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