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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research
2011
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| 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 |