- ►endojournals.org J Connell, SM MacKenzie, EM Freel, R Fraser … - Endocrine Reviews, 2008 - Endocrine Soc Variation in aldosterone production reflects interaction of genetic and
environmental factors. Although the environmental factors are well understood,
the genetic control of aldosterone synthesis is still the subject of ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
AW Krug, M Ehrhart-Bornstein - Hypertension, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc The term "metabolic syndrome" (MSyn) has evolved various definitions in recent
times; most of the studies introduced here use slight modifications.
Nevertheless, all of the definitions used have a common denominator, which ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - All 10 versions
JM Perkins, SN Davis - Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and …, 2008 - journals.lww.com Recent findings: Several major studies investigating angiotensn II receptor
blocker or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use in either hypertensive or
heart failure patients have found lower incidence of type 2 diabetes ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
- ►ahajournals.org ML Muiesan, M Salvetti, A Paini, C Agabiti- … - Hypertension, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc Assessment of appropriateness of left ventricular mass (LVM) for a given
workload may better stratify hypertensive patients. Inappropriate LVM may
reflect the interaction of genetic and neurohumoral factors other than ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - All 7 versions
T Wada, S Ohshima, E Fujisawa, D Koya, H … - Endocrinology, 2009 - Endocrine Soc Serum aldosterone level is clinically known to correlate with body weight and
insulin resistance. Because the underlying molecular mechanism is largely
unknown, we examined the effect of aldosterone on insulin-induced metabolic ... Cited by 6 - Related articles
G Lastra-Gonzalez, C Manrique-Acevedo, JR … - Current Diabetes Reports, 2008 - Springer The role of mineralocorticoids in the development of car- diovascular disease
(CVD), cardiometabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney
disease (CKD), and hypertension is a growing field of interest. Aldoste- ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - All 2 versions
- ►critcaremed.com E Pimenta, DA Calhoun - Hypertension, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc A large body of evidence suggests that aldosterone excess is a common cause of
hypertension with a prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) of 10% in patients
with mild-to-moderate hypertension and 20% in patients with resistant ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 8 versions
SP Thomson, CS Stump, L Romayne … - Current Hypertension Reports, 2007 - Springer The many similarities between the metabolic syndrome and Cushing's syndrome led
to the hypothesis that excess glucocorticoids (GC) are part of the pathogenesis
linking their features. We review recent work that con- firms the initial ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
A Perciaccante, A Fiorentini, R Valente, A Di … - Diabetes Care, 2007 - Am Diabetes Assoc We read with interest the article by Colussi et al. (1) on the relationship
between insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, and aldosterone levels in
hypertensive patients. The authors observed that the homeostasis model ... Cited by 2 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org P Korantzopoulos, M Elisaf, HJ Milionis - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2007 - ERA-EDTA The term metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) indicates a constellation of risk factors
associated with increased burden of atherosclerotic disease [1]. Despite some
controversy regarding its existence as a distinct entity [2], accumulating ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
