Only a n end-hole catheter needs to be inserted into the renal artery and can easily be accomplished during aortography when the femoral artery is the site of entry into the arterial system. Because pertinent information can be obtained in less than 10 min, pro- longed patient cooperation ...
The arterial system contains < 1% of the vascular surface area and transports approximately 20% of the blood at 40 to 50 cm/s.33 Finally, the presence of a significant pool of antithrombin III at the vessel wall is also supported by catabolic34 and histologic studies,35 although the ...
have hypertension.6 In terms of national medical expenditure, hypertension has the second greatest economic burden on Japanese society among all diseases.2 The main treatments prescribed for hypertension are medication, dietary interventions and exercise.4,7–9 Many patients with hyperten- sion prefer ...
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* 1 Charité Center for Internal Medicine and Dermatology, Department for Psychosomatic Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, 12203 Berlin, Germany; stephanie.kuehne@charite.de (S.G.K....