Acute Effects of Cocoa Flavanols on Blood Pressure and Peripheral Vascular Reactivity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Essential Hypertension: A Protocol for an Acute, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Cross-Over Trial

Acute Effects of Cocoa Flavanols on Blood Pressure and Peripheral Vascular Reactivity in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Essential Hypertension: A Protocol for an Acute, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Cross-Over Trial

Introduction: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at high risk to develop vascular complications resulting in high morbidity and mortality. Cocoa flavanols are promising nutraceuticals with possible beneficial vascular effects in humans. However, limited research is currently available on the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anouk Tanghe, Bert Celie, Samyah Shadid, Ernst Rietzschel, Jos Op ‘t Roodt, Koen D. Reesink, Elsa Heyman, Patrick Calders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
type 2 diabetes
cocoa flavanols
vascular reactivity
blood pressure
muscular oxygenation
antihypertensive drugs
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2021.602086/full

Internet

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2021.602086/full

Similar Items