… Luft Charité Campus Buch Universitätsmedizin Berlin Experimental and Clinical
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One of the arguments put forward against the primary use of β-blockers has been concern
about adverse metabolic effects, such as unfavorable effects on lipids or insulin sensitivity. …

Abstract. Lactic acidosis is a broad-anion gap metabolic acidosis caused by lactic acid
overproduction or underutilization. The quantitative dimensions of these two mechanisms …

ABSTRACT. Preeclampsia, the de novo occurrence of hypertension and proteinuria after the
20th week of gestation, continues to exert an inordinate toll on mothers and children alike. …

Virtually all blood vessels are surrounded by adventitial fat. Adipocytes produce a host of
vasoactive substances that may influence vascular contraction. We tested whether or not …

Immune mechanisms and the renin–angiotensin system are implicated in preeclampsia. We
investigated 25 preeclamptic patients and compared them with 12 normotensive pregnant …

The cardiocytes of mammalian cardiac atria contain granules very similar to those in endocrine
cells 1,2 . The number of these atrial granules is related directly to salt loading and blood …

Caveolae are plasma membrane invaginations that may play an important role in numerous
cellular processes including transport, signaling, and tumor suppression. By targeted …

The purpose of this study was to assess the value of electron beam computed tomography
in the detection of cardiac calcifications in coronaries and valves of dialysis patients and to …

… Luft FC, Weinberger MH. Sodium intake and essential hypertension. Hypertension 1982;4(…
Luft FC, Grim CE, Willis LR, Higgins JT Jr, Weinberger MH. Natriuretic response to saline …