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n-3 Fatty Acids in Hypertension

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Hypertensive subjects are at increased risk for coronary heart disease (CHD). Although this may be due to the consequences of an elevated blood pressure per se, it is well known that hypertension frequently is associated with other CHD risk factors that may contribute as well. Kjeldsen et al. observed that blood platelets from subjects with high blood pressure possessed hypersensitivity to adrenaline, and suggested that enhanced platelet activation in essential hypertension was related to raised sympathetic adrenergic tone.1

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  1. Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Breivika, Norway

    K. H. Bønaa

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  1. C.N.R. Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy

    R. De Caterina

  2. University Department of Cardiology, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

    S. D. Kristensen

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

    E. B. Schmidt

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Bønaa, K.H. (1992). n-3 Fatty Acids in Hypertension. In: De Caterina, R., Kristensen, S.D., Schmidt, E.B. (eds) Fish Oil and Vascular Disease. Current Topics in Cardiovascular Diseases. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3890-7_16

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