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Preferential benefits of nifedipine GITS in systolic hypertension and in combination with RAS blockade: further analysis of the 'ACTION' database in patients with angina by Elliott, H L, Meredith, P A

“…A retrospective analysis of the database from A Coronary Disease Trial Investigating Outcome with Nifedipine (ACTION) evaluated the effectiveness of nifedipine…”
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24-hour blood pressure control: its relevance to cardiovascular outcomes and the importance of long-acting antihypertensive drugs by ELLIOTT, H. L

“…This review article outlines the evidence that 24 h blood pressure (BP) measurements are particularly important predictors of adverse cardiovascular outcome…”
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Endothelial dysfunction as a possible link between C-reactive protein levels and cardiovascular disease by Cleland, S J, Sattar, N, Petrie, J R, Forouhi, N G, Elliott, H L, Connell, J M

“…Low-grade chronic inflammation, characterized by elevated plasma concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP), is associated with an increased risk of…”
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Endothelial nitric oxide production and insulin sensitivity : A physiological link with implications for pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease by PETRIE, J. R, UEDA, S, WEBB, D. J, ELLIOTT, H. L, CONNELL, J. M. C

“…Insulin sensitivity varies up to threefold in apparently healthy individuals, but the mechanism for this is unknown. We have examined the hypothesis that…”
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Ultrastructural characteristics of Sin Nombre virus, causative agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome by GOLDSMITH, C. S, ELLIOTT, L. H, PETERS, C. J, ZAKI, S. R

“…A previously unrecognized disease, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, was described following an outbreak of severe, often lethal, pulmonary illness in the…”
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Isolation of the causative agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome by Elliott, L H, Ksiazek, T G, Rollin, P E, Spiropoulou, C F, Morzunov, S, Monroe, M, Goldsmith, C S, Humphrey, C D, Zaki, S R, Krebs, J W

“…Investigation of a recent outbreak of acute respiratory illness in the southwestern United States resulted in the recognition of a new disease, hantavirus…”
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Enhanced Pressor Response to Angiotensin I in Normotensive Men With the Deletion Genotype (DD) for Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme by Ueda, Shinichiro, Elliott, Henry L, Morton, James J, Connell, John

“…The insertion (I)/deletion (D) polymorphism of the human angiotensin-converting enzyme gene has emerged as a genetic risk factor for ischemic heart disease…”
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White-coat hypertension as a cause of cardiovascular dysfunction by Glen, S K, Elliott, H L, Curzio, J L, Lees, K R, Reid, J L

“…The increasing use of 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring has allowed diagnosis of white-coat hypertension, in which blood pressures are higher on clinic…”
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Clinical pharmacokinetics of amlodipine by MEREDITH, P. A, ELLIOTT, H. L

“…Amlodipine is a dihydropyridine calcium antagonist drug with distinctive pharmacokinetic characteristics which appear to be attributable to a high degree of…”
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Population pharmacokinetics of gentamicin in patients with cancer by Rosario, M. C., Thomson, A. H., Jodrell, D. I., Sharp, C. A., Elliott, H. L.

“…The purpose of this study was to describe the population pharmacokinetics of gentamicin in patients with cancer, to identify possible relationships between…”
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Ro 32-0432, a selective and orally active inhibitor of protein kinase C prevents T-cell activation by Birchall, A M, Bishop, J, Bradshaw, D, Cline, A, Coffey, J, Elliott, L H, Gibson, V M, Greenham, A, Hallam, T J, Harris, W

“…Several lines of circumstantial evidence support the assumption that protein kinase C (PKC) activation together with elevated levels of cytosolic Ca++ are…”
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Mistyping of the human angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism: frequency, causes and possible methods to avoid errors in typing by Ueda, S, Heeley, R P, Lees, K R, Elliott, H L, Connell, J M

“…A polymorphism of the gene encoding the human angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE), which is defined by an insertion/deletion polymorphism in intron 16, has…”
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How reproducible is bilateral forearm plethysmography? by Petrie, John R., Ueda, Shinichiro, Morris, Andrew D., Murray, Lilian S., Elliott, Henry L., Connell, John M. C.

“…Aims  In studies using strain‐gauge forearm plethysmography to measure changes in forearm blood flow (FBF) during intra‐arterial infusions of vasoactive…”
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Insulin-Mediated Vasodilation and Glucose Uptake Are Functionally Linked in Humans by Cleland, Stephen J, Petrie, John R, Ueda, Shinichiro, Elliott, Henry L, Connell, John

“…Intra-arterial infusion of insulin in physiological doses causes forearm vasodilation which is augmented by co-infusion of D-glucose, leading us to speculate…”
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Dietary sodium restriction impairs insulin sensitivity in noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus by PETRIE, J. R, MORRIS, A. D, MINAMISAWA, K, HILDITCH, T. E, ELLIOTT, H. L, SMALL, M, MCCONNELL, J

“…Dietary sodium restriction has a variety of effects on metabolism, including activation of the renin-angiotensin system. Angiotensin II has complex metabolic…”
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Trandolapril does not improve insulin sensitivity in patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes : A double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial by PETRIE, J. R, MORRIS, A. D, UEDA, S, SMALL, M, DONNELLY, R, CONNELL, J. M. C, ELLIOTT, H. L

“…Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are increasingly used as first-line therapy for hypertension in type 2 diabetes mellitus and are widely believed…”
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Circulating Endothelial Cells in Renal Transplant Recipients by Mohamed, A.S., Thomson, J., McDonald, K.J., Hillyard, D.Z., Mark, P.B., Elliott, H.L., Jardine, A.G.

“…Circulating endothelial cells (CECs) are a marker of endothelial injury and endothelial dysfunction. We measured CECs in 95 patients with functioning renal…”
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Endothelial dysfunction in cardiovascular disease: risk factor, risk marker, or surrogate end point? by Elliott, H L

“…Endothelial dysfunction is a feature of the early stages of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. It also is almost invariably associated with recognized…”
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Isolation of black creek canal virus, a new hantavirus from Sigmodon hispidus in Florida by Rollin, P E, Ksiazek, T G, Elliott, L H, Ravkov, E V, Martin, M L, Morzunov, S, Livingstone, W, Monroe, M, Glass, G, Ruo, S

“…Numerous rodents were trapped for serologic and virologic studies following the identification of a hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) case in Dade County,…”
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Lassa fever. Effective therapy with ribavirin by McCormick, J B, King, I J, Webb, P A, Scribner, C L, Craven, R B, Johnson, K M, Elliott, L H, Belmont-Williams, R

“…In a study of Lassa fever in Sierra Leone, West Africa, we identified two variables associated with a high risk of death, and we evaluated the efficacy of…”
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