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| Esther ParanSummaryAffiliation: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Country: Israel Publications
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Natural antioxidants from tomato extract reduce blood pressure in patients with grade-1 hypertension: a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot studyYechiel N Engelhard
Hypertension Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka University Medical Centre, Ben Gurion, University of the Negev, 84101 Beer Sheva, Israel
Am Heart J 151:100. 2006..The continuous effect of this treatment and the long-term beneficial effect on cardiovascular risk factors still need to be demonstrated...- The effects of natural antioxidants from tomato extract in treated but uncontrolled hypertensive patientsEsther Paran
Soroka University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel
Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 23:145-51. 2009..To evaluate the effect of adding tomato extract to the treatment regime of moderate hypertensives with uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) levels... - The dynamics of blood pressure and cognitive functioning: results from 6-year follow-up of an elderly cohortEster Paran
Hypertension Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 13:813-7. 2011..It appears that transition from hypertension to normotension improves cognitive functions. Survival processes may restrict the evaluation of the BP-cognition interaction over time... - Blood pressure treatment and cognition in the elderlyEsther Paran
Hypertension Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Am J Geriatr Cardiol 16:150-7. 2007.... - Cognitive function and antihypertensive treatment in the elderly: a 6-year follow-up studyEsther Paran
Hypertension Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Am J Ther 17:358-64. 2010..According to our findings CCB emerges as the best option for reducing BP in elderly patients. It appeared to improve cognitive functions without hampering survival... - Hypertension and cognitive functioning among the elderly: an overviewOfra Anson
Recanati School of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Am J Ther 12:359-65. 2005..Directions for future research to further elucidate the complex relationship between age, blood pressure, and cognition are discussed... - [Target organ damage in hyperaldosteronism versus essential hypertension--the Beer Sheba experience]Talya Wolak
Hypertension Unit Soroka University Medical Center Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheba, Israel
Harefuah 149:161-5, 194. 2010..Primary hyperaldosteronism (PAL) is the main cause for secondary hypertension. PAL also increases the risk for target organ damage... - Blood pressure and cognitive functioning among independent elderlyEsther Paran
Hypertension Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
Am J Hypertens 16:818-26. 2003..Mild hypertension appeared to enhance cognitive functioning among the subjects of this study. Moreover, we found support for the hypothesis that the association between BP and different dimensions of cognition take on different patterns... - Left ventricular geometric abnormality screening in hypertensive patients using a hand-carried ultrasound deviceGalit Perez-Avraham
Division of Internal Medicine, Soroka University Hospital, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 12:181-6. 2010..78%, respectively. Agreement between the two studies was 99% (kappa 0.97, 95% confidence interval). Hand-carried cardiac ultrasonography may be used as a screening tool for LVGA in hypertensive patients... - Malignant hypertension as a presenting symptom of Takayasu arteritisTalya Wolak
Hypertension Unit, Soroka University Medical Center Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Mayo Clin Proc 78:231-6. 2003..Surgical intervention was successful... - Does percutaneous transluminal renal artery angioplasty improve blood pressure control and renal function in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis?Talya Wolak
Hypertension Clinic, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer Sheva, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 13:619-24. 2011..However recently, the decision whether or notto perform this procedure has raised considerable debate... - Pheochromocytoma: cyclic attacks of hypertension alternating with hypotensionSergio L Kobal
Department of Surgery A, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med 5:53-7. 2008..Continuous blood pressure recordings revealed rhythmic alternation between episodes of severe hypertension and episodes of hypotension. This cyclic hemodynamic crisis continued for 2 hours, with each cycle lasting around 15 min... - Low potassium level during the first half of pregnancy is associated with lower risk for the development of gestational diabetes mellitus and severe pre-eclampsiaTalya Wolak
The Hypertension Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Be er Sheva, Israel
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 23:994-8. 2010..To examine the association between potassium level during the first half of pregnancy and the development of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and hypertensive disorders in the second half of the pregnancy... - Target organ damage in hypertensive patients of different ethnic groupsTalya Wolak
Hypertension Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, The Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Beer Sheba, Israel
Int J Cardiol 116:219-24. 2007..The multiplicity of the population in Israel offers an opportunity for evaluating target organ damage in hypertensive patients of different ethnic origins... - Stimulation of NADPH oxidase by angiotensin II in human neutrophils is mediated by ERK, p38 MAP-kinase and cytosolic phospholipase A2Inbal Hazan-Halevy
Hypertension Unit, Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
J Hypertens 23:1183-90. 2005..The present research was designed to study the involvement of ERK and p38 MAP-kinase in cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) and NADPH-oxidase activation by angiotensin II (Ang II) in human neutrophils... - [Stress and hypertension]Rivka Berger
Hypertension Unit, Division of Internal Medicine, Soroka University Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University
Harefuah 141:626-30, 665. 2002..This interaction could help us to understand the hypertension associated symptoms and to decide on the appropriate treatment... - Hypertension and cognitive function in the elderlyAntonio Cherubini
Gerontology and Geriatrics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Am J Ther 14:533-54. 2007..Furthermore, these are ten of the other essential cerebral or systematic pathologies present that would be able to produce a dementia syndrome... - General characteristics of treatable, reversible, and untreatable dementiasDavid T Lowenthal
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32608, USA
Am J Geriatr Cardiol 16:136-42. 2007.... - Doxazosin and ALLHAT trial: a responseEsther Paran
Am J Hypertens 15:832. 2002