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- Chronic Kidney Disease Prevalence and Awareness Among US Adults
This cross-sectional study evaluates chronic kidney disease prevalence and awareness among US adults overall and in those with cardiometabolic risk factors or cardiovascular disease.
- Artificial Intelligence Electrocardiogram Risk Tool—Reply
In Reply We thank Yadav et al for their thoughtful comments on our study in an artificial intelligence–(AI) enhanced electrocardiography (ECG) model to predict new-onset heart failure (HF) risk […]
- Blood Pressure in Adolescence and Atherosclerosis in Middle Age
This population-based cohort study conducted in Sweden examines the association between systolic and diastolic blood pressure in adolescence and atherosclerosis in middle age.
- Mechanistic Insights Into Post-TAVR Atrioventricular Block
Heart block is one of the more frequent adverse events of aortic valve replacement therapy, in both surgical aortic valve replacement and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Data from the […]
- Artificial Intelligence Electrocardiogram Risk Tool
To the Editor We commend Dhingra et al for their multinational study evaluating an artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) model to predict heart failure (HF) risk. […]
- Atorvastatin and Aortic Stiffness During Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy
This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial examines whether atorvastatin pretreatment is associated with attenuation of anthracycline-induced increased aortic stiffness among patients […]
- Carotid Artery Stenosis—Impactful Bias in Ischemic Stroke Classification
This Viewpoint argues that risk classification in ischemic stroke should be expanded beyond stenosis severity to encompass other complementary features, such as plaque morphology, composition, and […]
- Treatment of Tricuspid Regurgitation
This narrative review reflects on existing knowledge on severe tricuspid regurgitation to inform treatment practices.
- When means and standard deviations are an incomplete summary of a continuous variable: problems, solutions, and utilising the reference ranges to check normality
- When means and standard deviations are an incomplete summary of a continuous variable: problems, solutions, and utilising the reference ranges to check normality
- Developing a new albuminuria-free risk prediction equation for kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease: retrospective cohort study
- Predicting kidney failure risk without albuminuria: implications in chronic kidney disease
- Predicting kidney failure risk without albuminuria: implications in chronic kidney disease
- Developing a new albuminuria-free risk prediction equation for kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease: retrospective cohort study
- Outcome specific optimal systolic blood pressure targets in high risk patients, balancing cardiovascular benefits, renal risks, and cancer prevention: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
- Outcome specific optimal systolic blood pressure targets in high risk patients, balancing cardiovascular benefits, renal risks, and cancer prevention: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
- Test accuracy of glomerular filtration rate estimation with creatinine and cystatin C in adults with moderate chronic kidney disease: prospective cohort study
- Test accuracy of glomerular filtration rate estimation with creatinine and cystatin C in adults with moderate chronic kidney disease: prospective cohort study
- Treatment of hypertensive urgencies should be intravenous when symptoms are severe
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- Prolonged aldosterone suppression and renin upregulation after baxdrostat
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- The expanding role of Nogo-B in hypertension: linking kidney physiology, endothelial function and inflammation
Although Nogo-B has been studied in neural development and vascular biology, its integrative role across renal, vascular and inflammatory pathways in hypertension has not yet been systematically […]
- Prevalence and determinants of vascular aging in Austria – a holistic view: the LEAD study
Objectives: Vascular aging (VA) is a prognostically relevant aspect of biological aging. We investigated its prevalence and determinants in Austria. Methods: The LEAD (Lung, Heart, Social, […]
- Setting the UK research priorities for hypertension using a modified Delphi approach: a British and Irish Hypertension Society Initiative with Support from the British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Collaborative
Background: Hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease in the UK and Ireland, yet significant implementation gaps and health inequalities in hypertension […]
- Limited public understanding of the risk factors and complications of hypertension
Objective: We evaluated Australian adults’ knowledge on the risk factors and complications of hypertension to identify areas of poor understanding. Methods: In 2024, an adapted validated […]
- Chronic plateau exposure attenuates antihypertensive efficacy in highlanders: insights from the OMAN trial
Background: Epidemiological studies indicate that the unique high-altitude environment may promote the prevalence of hypertension. Nevertheless, whether chronic plateau exposure affects […]
- Application of the HFA-PEFF algorithm to characterize and score cardiac abnormalities in women with preeclampsia
Objective: Preeclampsia imposes significant cardiovascular stress and frequently diastolic dysfunction. New recommendations advise multimodal assessments of cardiac function. The Heart Failure […]
- ESH Hybrid Webinar 2025
Date: Thursday, 4 December 2025 Time: 17:00 (CET) NOW AVAILABLE HERE
- ESH Webinars
Second Webinar Date: Tuesday, 3 March 2026 Time: 12:30 – 13:30 CET 18:00 – 19:00 CET (Two time slots – same content) REGISTER NOW!
- JHTA – 45e Journées de l’Hypertension Arterielle
JHTA 2025 will take place in Marseille, 10–11 December 2025.
- ESH 2026
INNOVATIONS IN CARDIOMETABOLIC MANAGEMENT January 16 - Abstract Submission Final Deadline (NO DEADLINE EXTENSION) February 16 - Late Breaker Submission Opens February 27 - Late Breaker […]
- ESH MASTERplan for Hypertension Management in CKD – webinars
Did you miss the webinar “ESH MASTERplan for Hypertension Management in CKD”? The recording is now available HERE
- Summer School 2026
Date: 6-11 September, 2026 Venue: Lunteren, The Netherlands
- ESH 2024 webinars
Webinar 1: Key Points of the Hypertension Guidelines - The ESH MASTERplan for hypertension Webinar 2: Managing Hypertensive Patients in Clinical Practice – Update on the management of […]
- ESH Webinars 2024
PART 1: Updates on resistant hypertension from novel lifestyle interventions to new drugs and interventional therapies PART 2: Hypertension treatment challenges and options in comorbidities
- Insulin Resistance Indices and Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Young Hypertensive Populations: Interpretative Challenges
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 28, Issue 2, February 2026.
- Effect of Antihypertensive Treatment on Hypotension, Mortality and Length of Stay in Orthopedic Trauma and First Detected High Blood Pressure Adults in a Large Urban Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 28, Issue 2, February 2026.
- Executive Summary of the 2024 Philippine Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Severe Blood Pressure Elevation
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 28, Issue 2, February 2026.
- Clinical relevance of double‐arm blood pressure measurement and prevalence of clinically important inter‐arm blood pressure differences in Indian Primary Care
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Accepted Article.
- Hemodynamic factors primarily impact on carotid IMT in young adults of African Ancestry in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 07 February 2026; doi:10.1038/s41371-026-01119-8Hemodynamic factors primarily impact on carotid IMT in young adults of African Ancestry in Sub-Saharan […]
- Predictors of blood pressure improvement in untreated hypertensive adults in china: a longitudinal analysis of urban-rural differences using CHARLS Data (2015–2020)
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 30 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41371-026-01117-wPredictors of blood pressure improvement in untreated hypertensive adults in china: a longitudinal […]
- The relationship between white blood cell counts and pediatric hypertension: a prospective cohort study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 27 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41371-026-01115-yThe relationship between white blood cell counts and pediatric hypertension: a prospective cohort study
- Angiotensinogen and its relationship with blood pressure in young adults: the African-PREDICT study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 27 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41371-026-01112-1Angiotensinogen and its relationship with blood pressure in young adults: the African-PREDICT study
- Blood pressure and renal function decline in apparently healthy adults: the tehran lipid and glucose study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 26 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01107-4Blood pressure and renal function decline in apparently healthy adults: the tehran lipid and glucose […]
- Undiagnosed and uncontrolled hypertension at a federally qualified health center
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 25 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41371-026-01114-zUndiagnosed and uncontrolled hypertension at a federally qualified health center
- Relationship of carotid wall layers with noninvasively-measured central hemodynamic parameters and local circumferential wall tension
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 24 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41371-026-01113-0Relationship of carotid wall layers with noninvasively-measured central hemodynamic parameters and […]
- JHH Young Investigator Award 2025: Interview with the winner Julian Minetto
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 24 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41371-026-01116-xJHH Young Investigator Award 2025: Interview with the winner Julian Minetto
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