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- Physiology-Guided Complete Revascularization in Older Patients With Myocardial Infarction
This randomized clinical trial examines follow-up data for older patients with myocardial infarction to determine the benefits of physiology-guided complete revascularization of nonculprit lesions vs […]
- JAMA Cardiology
Mission Statement: JAMA Cardiology is positioned at the nexus of clinical investigation, actionable clinical science, and clinical practice, with emphasis on traditional cardiovascular medicine, […]
- WHO STEPS and the Future of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
By the early 2000s, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) had become the dominant global health threat, yet most countries lacked even the most basic data to guide prevention. In response, the World Health […]
- Blood Pressure and Microaxial Flow Pump Patient Selection
Cardiogenic shock complicates 5% to 10% of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) cases and is associated with substantial in-hospital mortality. The 1999 Should We Emergently Revascularize Occluded […]
- Clonal Hematopoiesis—Fuel to Inflame the Heart
Clonal hematopoiesis, often referred to as clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP), has emerged as an important and independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It arises from […]
- Evidence About Benefits and Risks of Vaccines
In this issue of JAMA Cardiology, Johansen and colleagues report findings from a prespecified secondary analysis of the DANFLU-2 pragmatic randomized clinical trial comparing the efficacy of […]
- Pathway to Risk Stratification in Tricuspid Regurgitation—Reply
In Reply Assessment of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is complex and requires comprehensive evaluation of multiple echocardiographic views and parameters. These considerations also need to be balanced […]
- Safety of Factor XI Inhibition With Abelacimab in Atrial Fibrillation by Kidney Function
This secondary analysis of the AZALEA-TIMI 71 randomized clinical trial examines the safety of abelacimab vs rivaroxaban across a range of kidney function.
- Challenges in evaluating whole genome sequencing for newborn screening: series of systematic reviews and roadmap for evidence generation for policy advisers
- Challenges in evaluating whole genome sequencing for newborn screening: series of systematic reviews and roadmap for evidence generation for policy advisers
- Time to recognise the risks to patients after an eating disorder diagnosis
- Time to recognise the risks to patients after an eating disorder diagnosis
- Adverse outcomes in patients with a diagnosis of an eating disorder: primary care cohort study with linked secondary care and mortality records
- Adverse outcomes in patients with a diagnosis of an eating disorder: primary care cohort study with linked secondary care and mortality records
- Nurse led telephonic palliative care versus specialty outpatient palliative care: pragmatic, randomised clinical trial
- Nurse led telephonic palliative care versus specialty outpatient palliative care: pragmatic, randomised clinical trial
- Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors
- Factors associated with: problems of using exploratory multivariable regression to identify causal risk factors
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- ESH Hybrid Webinar 2025
Date: Thursday, 4 December 2025 Time: 17:00 (CET)
- ESH Webinars
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- 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
- Comment on “Outcomes of Successful Versus Failed Stenting in Patients With Unilateral Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Occlusion”
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2025.
- Overnight Dexamethasone in Primary Aldosteronism Screening in Patients on Interfering Therapy (ODEPRASC): A Diagnostic Interpretability Study Protocol
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2025.
- Accuracy and Reduced Sleep Disruption of a Wearable Smartwatch for Nocturnal Blood Pressure Monitoring: A Validation Study
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2025.
- Health‐Related Physical Fitness Associated With Hypertension Risk in Adults Living in Sub‐Plateau Environments
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2025.
- Targeted Anti‐Inflammatory Therapy in Cardiovascular Events: Challenges and Opportunities
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2025.
- High‐Dose vs. Standard‐Dose Influenza Vaccine in Older Patients With Hypertension: A Post Hoc Analysis of DANFLU‐1
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2025.
- The Relationship Between Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertensive Patients With Preserved Ejection Fraction and the Severity of Systemic Inflammatory Status Is Mediated by Epicardial Adipose Tissue: A Multicenter Cohort Study
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2025.
- Peripartum Management and Labor Stage Duration in Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy: A Retrospective Study in a Single Center
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 11, November 2025.
- Pulse wave velocity in high-risk pregnant women who subsequently developed early- and late-onset preeclampsia
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 21 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01095-5Pulse wave velocity in high-risk pregnant women who subsequently developed early- and late-onset […]
- Factors associated with uncontrolled hypertension in santander, colombia: baseline findings from the RE-HOPE study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 15 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01094-6Factors associated with uncontrolled hypertension in santander, colombia: baseline findings from the […]
- Dynamic power training with elastic bands improves arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters in older adults? A pilot study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 15 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01092-8Dynamic power training with elastic bands improves arterial stiffness and hemodynamic parameters in […]
- The shape of the systolic blood pressure response during graded exercise: methodology, correlates and predictive value
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 14 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01093-7The shape of the systolic blood pressure response during graded exercise: methodology, correlates and […]
- The association between APOA1 levels and long-term outcomes in H-type hypertension with acute myocardial infarction patients: A retrospective cohort study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 14 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01090-wThe association between APOA1 levels and long-term outcomes in H-type hypertension with acute […]
- Identification of potential causal-genes-relevant blood pressure: a mitochondria-related genome-wide Mendelian randomization study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 14 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01085-7Identification of potential causal-genes-relevant blood pressure: a mitochondria-related genome-wide […]
- Time-averaged cumulative pulse pressure in midlife and incident atrial fibrillation: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 07 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01050-4Time-averaged cumulative pulse pressure in midlife and incident atrial fibrillation: the […]
- The need to distinguish office and ambulatory blood pressure in evaluating Pilates efficacy in hypertension
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 01 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01091-9The need to distinguish office and ambulatory blood pressure in evaluating Pilates efficacy in […]
- A Less-Invasive Approach to Mitral-Valve Replacement
A novel transcatheter approach may provide an alternative to open heart surgery for patients with severe mitral regurgitation who are poor surgical candidates.
- Should Blood Pressure Targets Differ for Frail and Nonfrail Adults?
In a post hoc analysis of a large randomized trial, frail and nonfrail patients experienced similar benefits and harms of intensive BP control.
- Sudden Cardiac Death in the U.S.: 20-Year Trends
Rates were decreasing steadily until the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Oral Semaglutide Approved to Lower Cardiovascular Risk in High-Risk Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Oral semaglutide can now be considered for secondary cardiovascular prevention in this population.
- Covid-19 Vaccines Improve Heart Outcomes
Vaccination reduced all-cause mortality in cardiac patients and offered some protection against specific cardiovascular events.
- Detecting Atrial Fibrillation After Transient In-Hospital Episodes
Monitoring for ≤2 days missed 80% of patients with recurrent atrial fibrillation.
- Cardiac Involvement with Mycoplasma pneumonia: More Common Than Previously Thought
In a 17-year study involving hospitalized patients with Mycoplasma pneumonia infections, 17% of adults and 5% of children had cardiac complications.
- Amyloid in the Heart
Two studies show that cardiac amyloidosis is more common than we thought.