Systemic hypertension in heart transplant recipients
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Systemic hypertension in heart transplant recipients.
Heart transplant recipients develop systemic hypertension (SH), which is generally difficult to clinically control, requiring the use of several antihypertensive drugs. The pathophysiology involves the action of cyclosporine through the following mechanisms: alterations in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone and sympathetic system, in prostaglandin and thromboxane A2 levels, in plasmatic endothel...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0066-782X
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x1999000500011