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Response to Letters Regarding Article, “Differential Impact of Blood Pressure-Lowering Drugs on Central Aortic Pressure and Clinical Outcomes: Principal Results of the Conduit Artery Function Evaluation (CAFE) Study” by Williams, Bryan, Lacy, Peter S., Thurston, Herbert, Thom, Simon, Hughes, Alun, Cruickshank, Kennedy, Stanton, Alice, Collier, David, O’Rourke, Michael

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Pulse Pressure and Resistance Artery Structure in the Elderly by James, Martin A, Watt, Pamela A.C, Potter, John F, Thurston, Herbert, Swales, John D

“…There has been recent interest in the possibility that resistance vessel structural adaptation in hypertension may be more closely related to pulse pressure…”
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Biochemical Screening for Nonadherence Is Associated With Blood Pressure Reduction and Improvement in Adherence by Gupta, Pankaj, Patel, Prashanth, Štrauch, Branislav, Lai, Florence Y, Akbarov, Artur, Gulsin, Gaurav S, Beech, Alison, Marešová, Věra, Topham, Peter S, Stanley, Adrian, Thurston, Herbert, Smith, Paul R, Horne, Robert, Widimský, Jiří, Keavney, Bernard, Heagerty, Anthony, Samani, Nilesh J, Williams, Bryan, Tomaszewski, Maciej

“…We hypothesized that screening for nonadherence to antihypertensive treatment using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry–based biochemical analysis…”
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Impact of Statin Therapy on Central Aortic Pressures and Hemodynamics : Principal Results of the Conduit Artery Function Evaluation-Lipid-Lowering Arm (CAFE-LLA) Study by WILLIAMS, Bryan, LACY, Peter S, CRUICKSHANK, J. Kennedy, COLLIER, David, HUGHES, Alun D, STANTON, Alice, THOM, Simon, THURSTON, Herbert

“…Statins reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in people with hypertension. This benefit could arise from a beneficial effect of statins on central aortic…”
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Impaired endothelium-dependent relaxation in isolated resistance arteries of spontaneously diabetic rats by HEYGATE, K. M, LAWRENCE, I. G, BENNETT, M. A, THURSTON, H

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Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on resistance artery structure and endothelium-dependent relaxation in two-kidney, one-clip Goldblatt hypertensive and sham-operated rats by Bennett, M A, Thurston, H

“…1. This study was designed to examine the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on resistance artery structure and endothelium-dependent…”
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Dual angiotensin II blockade: a promise of enhanced renal protection? by Thurston, Herbert

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Evidence against potassium as an endothelium‐derived hyperpolarizing factor in rat mesenteric small arteries by Lacy, Peter S, Pilkington, Gemma, Hanvesakul, Rajesh, Fish, Helen J, Boyle, John P, Thurston, Herbert

“…Endothelium‐derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF) has recently been identified as potassium released from endothelial cells into the myo‐endothelial space. The…”
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In memoriam: Professor John Douglas Swales, MD, FRCP, 1935-2000 by Williams, Bryan, Heagerty, Anthony, Samani, Nilesh J, Thurston, Herbert

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Professor John Douglas Swales, MD, FRCP: 1935–2000 by Williams, Bryan, Heagerty, Anthony, Samani, Nilesh J., Thurston, Herbert

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Effect of sodium, deoxycorticosterone and duration of hypertension on pressor responses in rats by Bing, Robert F., Russell, Gavin I., Swales, John D., Thurston, Herbert

“…1. Enhanced pressor responsiveness to angiotensin II and noradrenaline has been demonstrated in the hypertension that follows deoxycorticosterone (DOC) and…”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Antibody Eluting Stents Reduce Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation in Saphenous Vein Organ Culture by Javed, Qamar, Swanson, Neil, Vohra, Hunaid, Thurston, Herbert, Gershlick, Anthony H.

“…Expression of TNF-α a vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) mitogen, is up-regulated in injured/proliferating vessel wall. Coronary stents are tested worldwide…”
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Reduction of proteinuria; combined effects of receptor blockade and low dose angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition. Commentary by BERGER, Elke D, BADER, Birgit D, EBERT, Carola, RISLER, Teut, ERLEY, Christiane M, THURSTON, Herbert

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Impaired contraction and endothelium-dependent relaxation in isolated resistance vessels from patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus by McNally, P G, Watt, P A, Rimmer, T, Burden, A C, Hearnshaw, J R, Thurston, H

“…1. An increase in capillary blood flow and pressure has been implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic microangiopathy. Abnormal vascular reactivity of the…”
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Endothelium-dependent relaxation in resistance arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats: effect of long-term treatment with perindopril, quinapril, hydralazine or amlodipine by Bennett, M A, Hillier, C, Thurston, H

“…To examine the effects of different types of antihypertensive treatment on endothelium-dependent relaxation in resistance arteries from spontaneously…”
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Impaired endothelium‐dependent relaxation in isolated resistance arteries of spontaneously diabetic rats by Heygate, Katherine M., Lawrence, Ian G., Bennett, Michael A., Thurston, Herbert

“…1 Previous studies have shown that endothelium‐dependent relaxation in the aorta of spontaneously diabetic bio bred rats (BB) is impaired. 2 We have…”
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Evidence of defective cardiovascular regulation in insulin-dependent diabetic patients without clinical autonomic dysfunction by Weston, Philip J, James, Martin A, Panerai, Ronnie B, McNally, Paul G, Potter, John F, Thurston, Herbert

“…(1) Autonomic dysfunction is a well recognised complication of diabetes mellitus and early detection may allow therapeutic manoeuvres to reduce the associated…”
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Gender-role identity after heart attack: Links with sex and subjective health status by Radley, Alan, Grove, Alyson, Wright, Stephen, Thurston, Herbert

“…This paper compares the health status of 60 women and 60 men six months after suffering a myocardial infarction. Findings confirm previous reports of women…”
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Positive correlation of albuminuria to blood pressure persists in the normoalbuminuric range by Stanley, Adrian G., O′Brien, David G., Shiels, Annette, Lacy, Peter S., Hastings, Richard A., Thurston, Herbert, Williams, Bryan

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A novel correction factor for predicting office BP from ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in hypertensive patients by Stanley, Adrian G., O′Brien, David G., Shiels, Annette, Lacy, Peter S., Hastings, Richard A., Thurston, Herbert, Williams, Bryan

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