The use of calcium antagonists in the treatment of hypertensive persons with kidney disease.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We focus on the current understanding of preeclampsia (PE) in order to examine how it mediates glomerular injury and affects the course of glomerulonephritis (GNs). In addition, this review discusses the role of GNs on the development of PE. RECENT FINDINGS:In PE, the dysfunctional utero-placental pe...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Di Leo V,Capaccio F,Gesualdo L

更新日期：2020-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This meta-analysis and systematic review was conducted to evaluate the effect of probiotics on blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and blood glucose changes in patients with hypertension. RECENT FINDINGS:We searched the PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, and ProQuest databases using a combination of MeSH a...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Chi C,Li C,Wu D,Buys N,Wang W,Fan H,Sun J

更新日期：2020-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aldosteronism is commonly regarded as largely sporadic, but both germline and somatic mutations are increasingly recognized as underlying the condition. Three germline mutations causing familial hyperaldosteronism have been described, dubbed FH I (due to a CYP11B1/CYP11B2 chimera), FH II (localized to chromoso...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Funder JW

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This is a review of available data on the effects of blood pressure and statins on cognition. RECENT FINDINGS:Recent randomized clinical trials have shown that intensive control of systolic blood pressure in older adults prevented the development of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the combined ef...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Yang M,Williamson J

更新日期：2019-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Important new advances have occurred in our understanding and approach to management of high blood pressure in the elderly. New clinical trials have re-emphasized the risk of development of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications associated with isolated elevations in systolic blood pressure as well as the sa...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Gennari FJ,Gennari AS

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is a membrane protein made of three different but homologous subunits (a, b, and g) present in the apical membrane of epithelial cells of, for example, the distal nephron. This channel is responsible for salt reabsorption in the kidney and can cause human diseases by increasing cha...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Hummler E

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progressive abnormalities of passive stiffness or active relaxation of the myocardium that impair ventricular filling during diastole may be an important contributor to the development of heart failure in patients with preserved ejection fraction. In this review, we discuss the epidemiology and pathophysiology of dias...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Janardhanan R,Desai AS,Solomon SD

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interpretation of some recent trials in hypertension opened a debate on the clinical value of new-onset diabetes in treated hypertensive patients. It is not completely clear whether certain antihypertensive drug classes are associated with a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes when compared with other classes. ...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Verdecchia P,Angeli F,Reboldi GP,Gattobigio R

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review summarizes the most recent and innovative implementation strategies for hypertension control in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). RECENT FINDINGS:Implementation strategies from Latin America, Africa, and Asia were organized across three levels: community, health system, and policy...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Mercer T,Nulu S,Vedanthan R

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance (IR) is present in pathologies such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, impaired glucose tolerance, hypertension, inflammation, cardiac disease, and dyslipidemias. Population studies show that IR is multifactorial and has genetic components, such as defects in the insulin-signaling pathway (as...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Molina MN,Ferder L,Manucha W

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sodium pump, an ancestral enzyme with conserved ability to bind ouabain, plays a key role in salt conservation and is regulated by aldosterone and endogenous ouabain (EO). Plasma EO is elevated in about 45% of patients with essential hypertension and correlates with blood pressure. The relationship of EO with Na(+...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Hamlyn JM,Manunta P

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes and hypertension are common coexistent conditions, the combination of which results in an increased risk for cardiovascular and renal disease. Clinical trials have convincingly demonstrated the benefit of tight blood pressure control among patients with diabetes in reducing these risks. Furthermore, the choic...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Borzecki AM,Berlowitz DR

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide is involved in the regulation of resting vascular tone, adaptation of blood flow to metabolic demand of tissue, and adaptation of vessel diameter to volume of inflow, ie, flow-mediated dilation. Arterial hypertension is associated with an increased vascular tone of resistance vessels, a reduced compliance...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Kelm M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Administering relaxin to conscious rats and humans elicits systemic and renal vasodilation. The molecular mechanisms vary according to the duration of relaxin exposure-so-called "rapid" (within minutes) or "sustained" (hours to days) vasodilatory responses-both being endothelium-dependent. Rapid responses are mediated...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Conrad KP,Shroff SG

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW:The purpose of this review is to highlight the clinical significance of increased renal risk that has its origins in fetal life. This review will also discuss the critical need to identify therapeutic interventions for use in a pregnancy complicated by placental dysfunction and intrauterine growth...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Coats LE,Davis GK,Newsome AD,Ojeda NB,Alexander BT

更新日期：2019-06-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Diastolic pressure, systolic pressure, and pulse pressure have all been assigned the role of the best predictor of cardiovascular events during the 20th century. At the dawn of the new millennium, concepts that draw attention to vascular mechanics reconcile the seemingly conflicting results of epidemiologic studies, b...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Vlachopoulos C,O'Rourke M

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal sympathetic efferent and afferent nerves, which lie within and immediately adjacent to the wall of the renal arteries, contribute to the maintenance of hypertension. Because the causative factors of hypertension change over time, denervation of both efferent and afferent renal nerves should result in long-term a...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Katholi RE,Rocha-Singh KJ,Goswami NJ,Sobotka PA

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular changes associated with elevated blood pressure may precede the clinical diagnosis of hypertension. Even after the diagnosis is made, associated coronary heart disease and renal disease continue to progress, despite adequate blood pressure control. Early treatment of blood pressure may reduce the incidence of...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Nesbitt SD,Julius S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women and claims the lives of more than half a million women every year. Hypertension is one of the most prevalent and powerful contributors to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Hypertension affects more men than women until 55 years of age, but after age 5...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Harrison-Bernard LM,Raij L

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To review the most recent literature on current strategies for the treatment of hypertension associated with pediatric obesity. RECENT FINDINGS:Over the last three decades, childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity prevalence in the USA has continued to rise. Unsurprisingly but rather disturbin...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Binka E,Brady TM

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Peak-systolic blood pressure (SBP) and end-diastolic blood pressure (DBP) have been considered the exclusive mechanical factors predicting cardiovascular (CV) risk in populations of normotensive and hypertensive subjects. The purpose of this review is to show that in addition to SBP and DBP, other hemodynamic indices ...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Safar ME

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder that is often unrecognized and underappreciated. Emerging evidence suggests that there is a causal link between obstructive sleep apnea and hypertension. This relationship appears to be independent of other comorbidities that have been previously linked to hypertension, suc...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Phillips BG,Somers VK

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How chlorthalidone (CTDN) reduces risk for cardiovascular events (CVEs) can be considered in light of its ability to lower blood pressure (BP) and its non-BP related, pleiotropic effects. The mechanism by which CTDN lowers BP is unclear but may include alterations in whole body regulation and vasodilatory actions on v...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Roush GC,Buddharaju V,Ernst ME,Holford TR

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is a major proteolytic system that regulates the degradation of intracellular proteins in the heart. The UPS regulates the turnover of misfolded and damaged proteins, in addition to numerous cellular processes, by affecting the stability of short-lived proteins such as transcripti...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Rodríguez JE,Schisler JC,Patterson C,Willis MS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:In chronic kidney disease (CKD), plasma uric acid levels are increased because of the decrease in glomerular filtration rate. However, in addition to CKD, hyperuricemia is frequently associated with a number of other conditions such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart failure, overwei...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Kielstein JT,Pontremoli R,Burnier M

更新日期：2020-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The overactive renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) plays an important part in many pathologic conditions including hypertension, heart failure, and renal disease. Hyperkalemia, a potentially life-threatening side effect of RAAS inhibitors, limits their use. The recent introduction of new hyper...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Rastogi A,Arman F,Alipourfetrati S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II is the most active hormone of the renin-angiotensin system. In humans, two angiotensin receptors have been identified: AT(1) and AT(2). In adults, most of the effects of angiotensin II are mediated by the AT(1) receptor; the function of the AT(2) receptor is not yet well established. Angiotensin II has ...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Siragy HM,Bedigian M

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has changed over the last decade. Remarkable advances in understanding the pathobiology and clinical care required in PAH have resulted in improved quality of life and survival. Despite such important progress, the long-term rate of survival is still unacceptab...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Jiang X,Jing ZC

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seventeenth century London neuroanatomical school headed by Thomas Willis published the first images of the sympathetic nervous system. Nineteenth century European physiologists characterised these as the "pressor nerves". Von Euler's demonstration that the sympathetic transmitter was norepinephrine brought the fi...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Esler M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women with chronic hypertension and pregnancy-induced hypertension are at substantial risk for developing pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, a disease with high fetomaternal morbidity and mortality. However, the etiology of this disease is still unknown. In this article, recent concepts on the pathophysiology of pre-eclampsia, ...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Kashiwagi M,Zimmermann R,Beinder E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00