… To determine whether patients with essential hypertension have an endothelium-dependent
abnormality in vascular relaxation, we studied the response of the forearm vasculature to …

… The results of the present investigation indicate that patients with essential hypertension … a
role in determining both the increased vascular resistance of these patients and their impaired …

… of the effect of mental relaxation treatment on endogenous opioid activity and vascular
reactivity in patients with labile hypertension has demonstrated that mental relaxation treatment is …

… We recently have shown that patients with essential hypertension have a deficit in the
endothelium-derived nitric oxide system of the forearm vasculature, both under basal conditions …

… hypertension. We previously reported that even patients with mild essential hypertension
exhibit an impairment in endothelium-dependent renal vascular relaxation. Such findings …

… , 8–14 a recent discussion of these findings concludes that the case for vascular endothelial
dysfunction in essential hypertension is far from proved 15 . Most work in animals has …

… In patients with essential hypertension, the vascular … -dependent vascular relaxation of patients
with essential hypertension. … either primary or becomes irreversible once the hypertensive …

Essential hypertension is one of the leading problems seen by a family physician, and it is
not easily treated. In some in stances, a behavioral therapy may serve as a useful adjunct to …

… In the present study none of the seven essential hypertensive subjects suffered from cardiac
hypertrophy or disturbed coronary perfusion because there were no significant differences …

… reported the presence of positive familial history of essential hypertension, and supine
arterial blood pressure (after 10 minutes of rest), as measured by mercury sphygmomanometer …