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Abstract
The fluorescent probe Quin-2 showed the cytosolic free-calcium concentration in platelets to be elevated in 12 hypertensive hemodialysis patients, who were compared with 12 normotensive hemodialysis patients. There was a close correlation between the free-calcium level of platelets and mean arterial pressure (r = 0.88). Short-term antihypertensive treatment resulted in a reduction of free-calcium concentration and a concomitant fall in blood pressure. These results suggest an integrative contributory role for calcium in the pathophysiology of hypertension accompanying end-stage renal disease.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2391952 DOI: 10.1007/bf01647579
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Klin Wochenschr ISSN: 0023-2173