Role of magnesium in hypertension.

بررسی تاثیر سولفات منیزیم بر تشنج القا شده با پنتیلن تترازول در موش های صحرایی نر نژاد ویستار

Background & Objectives: Magnesium (Mg2+) is the second most abundant cation (after potassium) in the cell and plays an important role in various biological functions, including cell cycle, channel regulation, ATPase activity, metabolic regulation, etc. Magnesium deficiency increased incidence of cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension, stroke and atherosclerosis, and gastrointestinal d...

Role of magnesium in the pathogenesis of hypertension.

Human essential hypertension is a complex, multifactorial, quantitative trait under polygenic control. Although the exact etiology is unknown, the fundamental hemodynamic abnormality in hypertension is increased peripheral resistance, due primarily to changes in vascular structure and function. These changes include arterial wall thickening, abnormal vascular tone and endothelial dysfunction an...

Does hypomagnesemia have an adaptive role in hypertension?

Does Hypomagnesemia Have an Adaptive Role in Hypertension? To the Editor: Northcott and Watts investigate association of hypomagnesemia with hypertension; these authors conclude that activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase by low extracellular magnesium concentration enhances arterial tone.1 As indicated by these authors, despite many experimental and clinical studies, the cause–effect rela...

The role of magnesium sulphate in the treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.

مقایسه وضعیت تغذیه زنان باردار مبتلا به پرفشاری خون با زنان باردار سالم

  Background and Objective: Some evidence have indicated the role of nutrition in the development of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. So, the aim of this observational study was to compare the intakes of energy and nutrients of women who developed gestational hypertension with healthy pregnant women.   Materials and Methods: This case-control study was performed on 113 women with gestationa...