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- Transient Monocular Blindness in a Man in His 30s
This case report discusses a diagnosis of giant ascending aortic aneurysm in a patient who presented with transient monocular blindness and no cardiovascular symptoms.
- Sex Differences in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia
This cohort study evaluates sex differences in age at diagnosis, risk factors, treatment, and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
- β-Blocker Withdrawal and Functional Capacity Improvement in Patients With HFpEF
This study attempts assess to the association of β-blocker treatment withdrawal on changes in the percentage of predicted peak oxygen consumption across indexed left ventricular diastolic and […]
- Interventions for Optimization of Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy
This study performs a systematic review to identify which types of system-level initiatives are most effective at improving guideline-directed medical therapy use among patients with heart failure […]
- Lipoprotein(a), C-Reactive Protein, and Cardiovascular Risk in Primary and Secondary Prevention Populations
This cohort study uses data from 3 populations to assess whether lipoprotein(a) levels are associated with cardiovascular risk independent of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level.
- Effects of Pitavastatin on Coronary Artery Disease and Inflammatory Biomarkers in HIV
This substudy of a randomized clinical trial investigates the effects of pitavastatin on noncalcified coronary artery plaque using coronary computed tomography angiography and on inflammatory […]
- Physical Activity, Sedentary Time, and Heart Failure Risk in Older Women
This cohort study investigates the association of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary behavior with incident heart failure in older women.
- Deep Learning–Augmented ECG Screening and Genotype Prediction of Congenital Long QT Syndrome
This diagnostic accuracy study examines whether deep learning models using 12-lead electrocardiography (ECG) can improve the detection of congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) and differentiate between […]
- To adjust or not to adjust: it is not the tests performed that count, but how they are reported and interpreted
- To adjust or not to adjust: it is not the tests performed that count, but how they are reported and interpreted
- Neonatal hypoglycaemia
- Neonatal hypoglycaemia
- Characterization of accelerated approval status, trial endpoints and results, and recommendations in guidelines for oncology drug treatments from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network: cross sectional study
- Characterization of accelerated approval status, trial endpoints and results, and recommendations in guidelines for oncology drug treatments from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network: cross sectional study
- Practical implications of the ADNEX risk prediction model for diagnosis of ovarian cancer
- Practical implications of the ADNEX risk prediction model for diagnosis of ovarian cancer
- New insights into understanding obesity: from measures to mechanisms
- New insights into understanding obesity: from measures to mechanisms
- Unraveling the intricacies of adiposity and arterial stiffness in adolescents: insights from the MASCITE study
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- Reliability of systolic blood pressure measured by parents in young children at home using a hand held Doppler device and aneroid sphygmomanometer: methodological issue to avoid misinterpretation
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- Age-dependent association of central blood pressure with cardiovascular outcomes: a cohort study involving 34 289 participants using the UK biobank
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- Sleeping unsoundly: CPAP and its complexities in treating sleep apnoea hypertension
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- In memoriam: Michel Emile Safar 1937–2024
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- Author response to Reliability of systolic blood pressure measured by parents in young children at home using a hand held doppler device and aneroid sphygmomanometer: methodological issue to avoid misinterpretation
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- Blood pressure lowering for kidney transplant recipients: systematic review with network meta-analysis
Objective: Hypertension affects 50–90% of kidney transplant recipients and is associated with cardiovascular disease and graft loss. We aimed to evaluate the comparative benefits and harms of […]
- Complete remission with histamine blocker in a patient with intractable hyperadrenergic postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome secondary to long coronavirus disease syndrome
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has emerged as a global public health concern and its sequels have barely started to […]
- 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 Webinars 2024
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- NEW EUROPEAN GUIDELINES
The final version of the full guidelines is now available on the Journal of Hypertension website.
- ESH Hypertension Summer School
Date: September 15 – 20, 2024 Venue: Club Med Opio - Opio en Provence, France Application submission date extended to April 2, 2024
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- ESH Online Education
The European Society of Hypertension is pleased to announce the updated version of the ESH e-Learning Hypertension Self-Assessment Programme is now available.
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- The association between flavonoids intake and hypertension in U.S. adults: A cross‐sectional study from The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, EarlyView.
- Surgical versus medical management of patients with primary hyperaldosteronism and indeterminate adrenal vein sampling: A 10‐year experience of the Cleveland Clinic
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, EarlyView.
- Usability of myocardial work parameters to demonstrate subclinical myocardial involvement in normotensive individuals with exaggerated hypertensive response in treadmill exercise testing
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, EarlyView.
- Ambulatory blood pressure levels in individuals with uncontrolled clinic hypertension across Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 391-404, April 2024.
- Nomogram‐based risk assessment model for left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with essential hypertension: Incorporating clinical characteristics and biomarkers
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 363-373, April 2024.
- Comparative safety and effectiveness of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and thiazides and thiazide‐like diuretics under strict monotherapy
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 425-430, April 2024.
- Urinary protein and coagulation‐fibrinolysis indicators in preeclampsia: Expression and significance
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 374-381, April 2024.
- ATP2B1 gene polymorphisms associated with resistant hypertension in the Japanese population
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 355-362, April 2024.
- A longitudinal study of blood pressure circadian rhythm from childhood to early adulthood
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 16 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41371-024-00911-8A longitudinal study of blood pressure circadian rhythm from childhood to early adulthood
- Independent and joint associations of estimated cardiorespiratory fitness and its dynamic changes and obesity with the risk of hypertension: A prospective cohort
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 10 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41371-024-00910-9Independent and joint associations of estimated cardiorespiratory fitness and its dynamic changes and […]
- Non-dipping blood pressure pattern is associated with cardiovascular events in a 21-year follow-up study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 03 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41371-024-00909-2Non-dipping blood pressure pattern is associated with cardiovascular events in a 21-year follow-up study
- Management of hypertensive urgencies: a new opportunity for unattended blood pressure measurement
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 21 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41371-024-00907-4New European Hypertension Society Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension recommend unattended […]
- Blood pressure outcomes at 18 months in primary care patients prescribed remote physiological monitoring for hypertension: a prospective cohort study
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 06 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41371-024-00904-7Blood pressure outcomes at 18 months in primary care patients prescribed remote physiological monitoring […]
- Allopurinol and blood pressure variability following ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack: a secondary analysis of XILO-FIST
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 04 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41371-024-00906-5Allopurinol and blood pressure variability following ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack: a […]
- ACHIEVE conference proceedings: implementing action plans to reduce and control hypertension burden in Africa
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 29 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41371-024-00903-8ACHIEVE conference proceedings: implementing action plans to reduce and control hypertension burden in […]
- Changes in baPWV and the risk of clinical outcomes: a cohort study of Chinese community-based population
Journal of Human Hypertension, Published online: 27 February 2024; doi:10.1038/s41371-024-00902-9Changes in baPWV and the risk of clinical outcomes: a cohort study of Chinese community-based […]
- Self-Expanding Supraannular Valve vs. Balloon-Expandable Valve in TAVR for Small Aortic Annulus
At 1 year, clinical outcomes were similar and supraannular valve recipients had a significantly lower risk of bioprosthetic-valve dysfunction.
- A New TAVR Prosthesis for Aortic Regurgitation Shows Promise
A dedicated device for AR demonstrated safety and efficacy that was noninferior to performance goals.
- Aprocitentan, a Newly Approved Drug for Resistant Hypertension
This drug is the first endothelin-receptor antagonist approved to treat patients with systemic hypertension.
- Preventive PCI of Vulnerable Plaques Linked to Fewer Cardiac Events
However, many of the events prevented were subsequent PCIs, so future studies focused on death and myocardial infarction outcomes are needed.
- News from the ACC Scientific Sessions 2024
NEJM Journal Watch coverage of the meeting
- Does the Coronary Sinus Reducer Decrease Ischemia and Angina in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease?
In a randomized, controlled trial, the device reduced daily angina but not myocardial ischemia in patients with refractory angina.
- Plozasiran Reduced Triglyceride Levels in Severe Hypertriglyceridemia
However, in this phase 2 trial, it also increased LDL-C level by as much as 60%.
- Managing Elevated Blood Pressure in Hospitalized Patients
Practice patterns vary for asymptomatic patients, and guidelines for management are lacking.