Medical news update
- AI-Assisted Point-of-Care Ultrasound Networks
This Viewpoint explores how artificial intelligence–assisted point-of-care ultrasound could be used to create coordinated networks of care to improve health care access and delivery in rural […]
- Effect of Alirocumab in Atherosclerotic Plaques—Reply
In Reply We thank Dimitriadis and colleagues for their interest in our recent work on the lesion-level effects of high-intensity lipid-lowering therapy in the PACMAN-AMI trial. In their Letter to the […]
- OCT vs Angiography for Guidance of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Calcified Lesions
This randomized clinical trial determines if optical coherence tomography (OCT) is superior to angiography for calcified lesions percutaneous coronary intervention guidance.
- Finerenone in Heart Failure With Improved Ejection Fraction
This prespecified analysis of a randomized trial examines profiles, risk, and response to finerenone among patients with heart failure with improved ejection fraction compared with patients with left […]
- Effect of Alirocumab in Atherosclerotic Plaques
To the Editor We read with interest the study by Biccirè et al regarding lesion-level effects of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), […]
- Mining the Electronic Medical Record for Hypertension Treatment—Hope or Hype?
Optimizing detection and treatment of hypertension is one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. More than half of adults have hypertension, with estimates projecting an increase to […]
- Mode of Death in Patients With HFmrEF or HFpEF
This secondary analysis of the Finerenone Trial to Investigate Efficacy and Safety Superior to Placebo in Patients With Heart Failure (FINEARTS-HF) randomized clinical trial investigates the […]
- Chest Tube–Induced Right Ventricular Failure After Cardiac Surgery
This case report discusses a diagnosis of right ventricular heart failure secondary to chest tube placement during resternotomy in a male patient aged 73 years.
- Cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence and risk of type 2 diabetes in late adulthood in one million Swedish men: nationwide sibling controlled cohort study
- Cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescence and risk of type 2 diabetes in late adulthood in one million Swedish men: nationwide sibling controlled cohort study
- Association between meeting adult acute asthma best practice tariff standard of care and 30 day and 90 day hospital readmission: nationwide cohort study
- Association between meeting adult acute asthma best practice tariff standard of care and 30 day and 90 day hospital readmission: nationwide cohort study
- Reporting guideline for chatbot health advice studies: the Chatbot Assessment Reporting Tool (CHART) statement
- Reporting guideline for chatbot health advice studies: the Chatbot Assessment Reporting Tool (CHART) statement
- Characteristics, outcomes, and maternity care experiences of women with childrens social care involvement who subsequently died: national cohort study and confidential enquiry
- Characteristics, outcomes, and maternity care experiences of women with childrens social care involvement who subsequently died: national cohort study and confidential enquiry
- Factors predicting outcomes from chronic pain management interventions
- Correction: Statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in people with HIV: target trial and modelling study
- Erratum: Immune profiles in KCNJ5-mutant aldosterone-producing adenomas: pilot characterisation of age and gender differences
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- Hypertension doesn’t cause heart failure. Rethinking heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and hypertensive heart disease
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- Causal role of the gut microbiota in pulmonary arterial hypertension: insights from Mendelian randomization
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- Erratum: Immune microenvironment profiling of primary aldosteronism
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- Goal blood pressure in hypertension: the game of numbers. A perspective
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- In Memoriam Stevo Julius, MD, ScD
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- Aortic characteristic impedance-induced increases in forward wave but not central arterial pulse pressure beyond brachial blood pressure in coronary artery disease
Background: Whether coronary artery disease (CAD) associates with proximal aortic stiffness-induced increases in central arterial forward wave pressures (Pf), but not peak central arterial pulse […]
- Efficacy and safety of sacubitril/valsartan in Afro-descendant patients with resistant hypertension: a randomized controlled trial
Background: Sacubitril/valsartan (Sac-Val) has demonstrated blood pressure (BP)-lowering effects, but its role in resistant hypertension remains unclear. This study evaluated the efficacy and […]
- HYPERTENSION
A Common Link Between Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic Syndrome (HYPE-CKM)
- ESH 2026
INNOVATIONS IN CARDIOMETABOLIC MANAGEMENT
- 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 2025
Date: 14-19 September 2025 Venue: Särö (Gothenburg), Sweden
- NEW 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
- ESH 2024
BERLIN MAY 31 - JUNE 3, 2024 www.eshannualmeetings.eu Abstracts are available in Journal of Hypertension
- NEW EUROPEAN GUIDELINES
The final version of the full guidelines is now available on the Journal of Hypertension website.
- Impact Factors for Trajectories of Medication and Healthy Lifestyle Adherence in Young Adults With Hypertension: A Mixed Methods Study
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2025.
- Letter to the Editor: “Reducing the Risk of Developing Diabetes: The Role of Angiotensin Receptor Blockers and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Patients With Hypertension Combined Prediabetes”
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2025.
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension in Adolescents and Young Adults: Results From a Nationwide Screening Program
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2025.
- Efficacy, Quality of Life, and Cost‐Effectiveness of Superselective Adrenal Arterial Embolization in Idiopathic Hyperaldosteronism: A Comparative Study
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2025.
- Risk Factors of In‐Hospital Mortality After Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Surgery
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2025.
- Forgetfulness to Take Antihypertensive Medications and Poor Blood Pressure Control in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension in Vietnam
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2025.
- Comparison of Globorisk, SCORE2, and PREVENT in the Stratification of Cardiovascular Risk and its Relationship with End‐Organ Damage Among Adults With Arterial Hypertension
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2025.
- Association Between Estimated Pulse Wave Velocity and Carotid Plaques in Non‐Dialysis CKD Stages 3–5: A Cross‐Sectional Study
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 27, Issue 8, August 2025.
- Impact of moderate to vigorous physical activity on systemic vascular resistance in Danish adults with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 07 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01049-xImpact of moderate to vigorous physical activity on systemic vascular resistance in Danish adults with […]
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions targeting lifestyle factors in patients with hypertension
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 05 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01051-3A systematic review and meta-analysis of digital interventions targeting lifestyle factors in patients […]
- Associations between cardiovascular health metrics in life’s essential 8 and incident hypertension: The LIFE Study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 05 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01059-9Associations between cardiovascular health metrics in life’s essential 8 and incident hypertension: […]
- Cerebrovascular reactivity impairment in resistant hypertension
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 02 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01058-wCerebrovascular reactivity impairment in resistant hypertension
- Association between bullous pemphigoid and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 29 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01056-yAssociation between bullous pemphigoid and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of […]
- Exploration of potential therapeutic target genes for preeclampsia through genetic analysis
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 25 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01054-0Exploration of potential therapeutic target genes for preeclampsia through genetic analysis
- Vagal dysfuction in resistant hypertension: no longer the “cinderella” of the autonomic cardiovascular profile
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 25 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01053-1Vagal dysfuction in resistant hypertension: no longer the “cinderella” of the autonomic cardiovascular […]
- Call to action: British and Irish hypertension society position statement on blood pressure treatment thresholds and targets
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 23 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41371-025-01055-zCall to action: British and Irish hypertension society position statement on blood pressure treatment […]
- Optimal Management of NSTEMI in Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis
An invasive management strategy did not improve survival compared with a conservative approach but did lower morbidity risk.
- Which Cardiovascular Risk Calculator Is Best in Older Adults?
PREVENT proved much more accurate than the older calculator in older adults.
- A New Indication for Finerenone, a Mineralocorticoid-Receptor Antagonist
The FDA has approved this drug for treating patients with heart failure and preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction.
- Should Patients Take Once-Daily Antihypertensive Drugs in the Morning or the Evening?
More evidence shows that when these medications are taken doesn't alter benefits or harms.
- Exercise as Medicine for Preventing Colon Cancer Recurrence
Structured exercise significantly reduces recurrence risk and improves survival for stage II and III colon cancer.
- Intensive Blood Pressure Control: Do the Benefits and Harms Vary with Baseline Cardiovascular Risk?
Although intensive therapy may lead to more adverse events, the benefit-to-harm ratio favors it in patients at all risk levels.
- Lifestyle Modifications in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
Lifestyle modifications are not enough to improve the efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs; catheter ablation is still superior.
- Shingles Vaccination Probably Protects Against Heart Disease
In a large observational study, risk for cardiovascular disease was 25% lower among vaccinated people.