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Relationship between albumin excretion rate and aortic stiffness in untreated essential hypertensive patients

Giuseppe Mulè, Santina Cottone, Anna Vadalà, Vito Volpe, Giovanni Mezzatesta, R. Mongiovì, G. Piazza, Emilio Nardi, Giuseppe Andronico, Giovanni Cerasola

Journal of Internal Medicine · 2004 · 64 citations · 33 references

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Our results seem to confirm that microalbuminuria may represent the early renal manifestation of a widespread vascular dysfunction, and therefore it is an integrated marker of cardiovascular risk.

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Aortic Stiffness Is an Independent Predictor of All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Hypertensive Patients

Stéphane Laurent, Pierre Boutouyrie, Roland Asmar et al. · Hypertension · 2001 · 3.8K citations · Full text

2003 European Society of Hypertension???European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension*

Journal of Hypertension · 2003 · 3K citations

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2003 European society of hypertension - European Society of Cardiology guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

Giuseppe Mancia, E. Agabiti Rosei, Renata Cífková et al. · Lirias (KU Leuven) · 2003 · 2.6K citations · Full text

Albuminuria and Risk of Cardiovascular Events, Death, and Heart Failure in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Individuals

Hertzel C. Gerstein · JAMA · 2001 · 2.4K citations

Urinary Albumin Excretion Predicts Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Mortality in General Population

Hans L. Hillege, V. Fidler, Gilles F.H. Diercks et al. · Circulation · 2002 · 1.5K citations · Full text