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Long-term effect of specific treatment of primary aldosteronism on carotid intima–media thickness

BACKGROUND: Aldosterone has been shown to substantially contribute to the accumulation of different types of collagen fibres and growth factors in the arterial wall, thus increasing wall thickness. A previous study showed reduction of increased common carotid intima–media thickness (IMT) in patients...

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Autores principales: Holaj, Robert, Rosa, Ján, Zelinka, Tomáš, Štrauch, Branislav, Petrák, Ondřej, Indra, Tomáš, Šomlóová, Zuzana, Michalský, David, Novák, Květoslav, Wichterle, Dan, Widimský, Jiří
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25490707
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000464