Biochemical
and Bioimaging Endpoints in Cardiocerebrovascular Diagnosis,
Prevention, Therapy and Drug Development
GLOSSARY
To
facilitate the dialogue among the multidisciplinary scientists,
definition of the acronyms and of more specialized terms have been
reported.
Every amendment is welcome.
By: Andrea P. Peracino
Stefano Bellosta
Nicola Ferri
Riccardo Roggeri
a multifactorial disease where the major mechanisms are identifying different clinical featutes: increased adregenergic drive in young adults; high renin hypertension as seen in renal dysfunction; low renin hypertension as in raised aldosterone concentrations; increased peripheral vascular resistance (PVR) in elderly.