The African American Study of Kidney Disease: do these results indicate that 140/90 mm hg is good enough?

abstract：:Hypertension is the leading risk factor for the global burden of disease, yet more than 20% of adults with hypertension are unaware of their condition. Underlying hypertension affects over 25% emergency department attendees, and the condition is more commonly encountered in emergency departments than in primary care s...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Chan SS,Graham CA,Rainer TH

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To estimate the impact of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) guidelines for high blood pressure (BP) on the next hypertension guidelines in Asia. RECENT FINDINGS:The 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines for high BP in adults changed the diagnostic threshold and the manage...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Nakagawa N,Hasebe N

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic syndrome leads to cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, through multiple risks, such as insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hypertension. It also represents a disorder of partial genetic background as mutations of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PP...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Tuck ML

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Here, we review the known relations between hypertension and obesity to inflammation and postulate the endogenous protective effect of melatonin and its potential as a therapeutic agent. We will describe the multiple effects of melatonin on blood pressure, adiposity, body weight, and focus on mitochon...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Prado NJ,Ferder L,Manucha W,Diez ER

更新日期：2018-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in the initiation and progression of tissue injuries in the cardiovascular and nervous systems. The detrimental actions of the AT1 receptor (AT1R) in hypertension and vascular injury, myocardial infarction and brain ischemia are well established. In the past t...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Namsolleck P,Recarti C,Foulquier S,Steckelings UM,Unger T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-quality medical care requires implementing evidence-based best practices, with continued monitoring to improve performance. Implementation science is beginning to identify approaches to developing, implementing, and evaluating quality improvement strategies across health care systems that lead to good outcomes fo...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Goldstein MK

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension and high serum cholesterol levels are two of the most relevant risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. A combined increase in both risk factors has been reported in a significant proportion of patients with coronary artery disease. Statins are the most widely used drugs to treat hypercholesterolemia, an...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Borghi C,Veronesi M,Prandin MG,Dormi A,Ambrosioni E

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent guidelines for the treatment of hypertension place great emphasis on tighter blood pressure control, especially in the presence of hypertensive target organ damage and diabetes. In order to achieve these treatment targets, more patients will require a combination of antihypertensive medications. However, resist...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Felmeden DC,Lip GY

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in modulating cardiovascular function and fluid homeostasis. While the systemic actions of the RAS are widely accepted, the role of the RAS in the brain, its regulation of cardiovascular function, and sympathetic outflow remain controversial. ...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： de Morais SDB,Shanks J,Zucker IH

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review is intended to briefly describe the primary mechanistic pathways by which several common drugs can increase blood pressure. We also propose potential management strategies based on the underlying mechanisms responsible for the blood pressure elevation. RECENT FINDINGS:As hypertension is a...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Lovell AR,Ernst ME

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With current immunosuppression, elevated blood pressure is found in almost 90% of renal graft recipients. Major causes of this are impairment of renal function (secondary to chronic allograft nephropathy or less frequently recurrence of primary renal disease), the use of calcineurin inhibitors as immunosuppressants, u...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Schwenger V,Zeier M,Ritz E

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:Elevation of blood pressure (BP) and the risk for progression to hypertension (HTN) is of increasing concern in children and adolescents. Indeed, it is increasingly recognized that target organ injury may begin with even low levels of BP elevation. Sodium intake has long been recognized as a modifiable risk factor for...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Hanevold CD

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy and hypertension are the major causes of chronic kidney disease. The renin system plays a key role in the control of blood pressure (BP), as well as in the regulation of renal and adrenal function. Chronic activation of the renin system can lead to organ damage, particularly renal damage; increasi...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Schmieder RE

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Mechanisms facilitating progression of hypertension via cross stimulation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and inflammation have been proposed. Accordingly, we review and update evidence for regulation of RAS components by pro-inflammatory factors. RECENT FINDINGS:Angiotensin II (Ang II), which ...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Satou R,Penrose H,Navar LG

更新日期：2018-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) 2 adds a new level of complexity to the understanding of the renin-angiotensin system. The high catalytic efficiency of ACE2 for the generation of angiotensin (ANG)-1-7 from ANG II suggests an important role of ACE2 in preventing ANG II accumulation, while at the sa...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Wysocki J,González-Pacheco FR,Batlle D

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The renal pressure-natriuresis mechanism is the dominant controller of body fluid balance and long-term arterial pressure. In recent years, it has become clear that the balance of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species within the renal medullary region is a key determinant of the set point of the renal pressure-natriure...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： O'Connor PM,Cowley AW Jr

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a common cause of arterial hypertension: in the PA Prevalence in Hypertensives (PAPY) Study, the prevalence of PA was 11.2% in consecutive referred hypertensive patients. When adrenal vein sampling (AVS) is available, two thirds of the cases can be attributed to a tumor and one third of c...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Rossi GP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Hypertension remains to be a major contributor to global morbidity and mortality. Despite a plethora of pharmacological options available, an abundance of patients have uncontrolled blood pressure thus creating the need for additional strategies, including non-pharmacologic approaches. In this review,...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Cernes R,Zimlichman R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excess weight gain is a major cause of essential hypertension, and abnormal kidney function appears to be a cause as well as a consequence of obesity hypertension. Excess renal sodium reabsorption and a hypertensive shift of pressure natriuresis play a major role in mediating increased blood pressure associated with w...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Hall JE

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is recognized as a major health problem throughout the world. Excess weight is a major cause of increased blood pressure in most patients with essential hypertension and greatly increases the risk for diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and end-stage renal disease. Although the mechanisms by which obesity raise...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： da Silva AA,do Carmo J,Dubinion J,Hall JE

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further understand chronic heart disease, such as heart failure and cardiomyopathy, we must fully define signaling pathways within the myocardium. Recent studies suggest that some forms of heart disease are associated with a chronic low-grade inflammation that promotes adverse ventricular remodeling and correlates ...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Ahn J,Kim J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of hypertension. Innate and adaptive immune response may contribute to this process. The mechanisms implicating immune response in hypertension are still elusive. To date, the evidence originates in three major areas of data: cytokine production, central nervous...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Leibowitz A,Schiffrin EL

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibition of angiotensin II through angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers has become the foundation of medical treatment of progressive chronic renal disease. Although these drugs provide a significant improvement over earlier treatments, they only slow the progression of renal...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Gaedeke J,Noble NA,Border WA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Automated office blood pressure (AOBP) measurements may provide more accurate estimation of blood pressure (BP) than manual office blood pressure (MOBP) measurements. This systematic review investigated the diagnostic performance of AOBP and MOBP using ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) as r...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Bo Y,Kwok KO,Chu KK,Leung EY,Yu CP,Wong SY,Lee EK

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The various antihypertensive regimens have varying effects on glucose metabolism and the development of diabetes mellitus. Recent large hypertension trials have shown great differences in the development of new-onset diabetes among antihypertensive drug therapies. The incidence of diabetes is unchanged or increased by...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Aksnes TA,Reims HM,Kjeldsen SE,Mancia G

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is known to be implicated in the pathogenesis of essential hypertension. Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) enzymes are key components of cellular defense against oxidative stress. The present study aimed to clarify the association between polymorphisms in GST and risk of essential hypertension using a m...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Eslami S,Sahebkar A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of beneficial neuroprotective effects of the angiotensin converting enzyme 2-angiotensin-(1-7)-Mas axis [ACE2-Ang-(1-7)-Mas] in ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke has spurred interest in a more complete characterization of its mechanisms of action. Here, we summarize findings that describe the protective ro...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Bennion DM,Haltigan E,Regenhardt RW,Steckelings UM,Sumners C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is one of the leading causes of end-stage renal disease. The pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy is still poorly understood, but glomerular injury has been ascribed, at least in part, to glomerular hyperfiltration, which occurs early in the course of diabetes mellitus. Therefore, a better understand...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Vallon V,Blantz R,Thomson S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitric oxide (NO)-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) signaling system is a well-characterized modulator of cardiovascular function, in general, and blood pressure, in particular. The availability of mice mutant for key enzymes in the NO-cGMP signaling system facilitated the identification of interactions with o...

journal_title：Current hypertension reports

authors： Thoonen R,Sips PY,Bloch KD,Buys ES

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00