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Controversies in the management of patients with arterial hypertension
Every 5 to 6 years, international and national guidelines provide updated recommendations for the standard…
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New Insights on the Role of Sodium in the Physiological Regulation of Blood Pressure and Development of Hypertension
A precise maintenance of sodium and fluid balance is an essential step in the regulation…
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Is blood pressure measured correctly in dialysis centres? Physicians’ and patients’ views
Blood pressure (BP) is routinely measured as a vital sign before, during and/or after dialysis…
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Compendium on the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Hypertension
The global epidemic of hypertension is largely uncontrolled and hypertension remains the leading cause of…
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Improving Blood Pressure Control in the Hypertensive Population
I n high-income countries, ≈1 in 4 adults have an elevated blood pressure (BP), when…
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Prevalence of Hypertensive Phenotypes After Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is a hypertensive disorder specific to gestation that affects 5% to 8% of all…
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Blood pressure Effect of angiotensin receptor blockers on blood pressure and renal function in patients with concomitant hypertension and chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are global health issues [1] with a strong cause…
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Short-term changes in dietary sodium intake influence sweat sodium concentration and muscle sodium content in healthy individuals
The kidney has long been placed at the very center of extracellular volume, sodium (Naþ)…
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Treatment of hypertension in the elderly in 2017/2018 – what’s new?
Today non-communicable (NCD) diseases account for almost 70% of deaths around the World and among…
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Estimated 24-h urinary sodium and sodium-topotassium ratio are predictors of kidney function decline in a population-based study
High-sodium intake and low-potassium intake are known dietary risk factors for arterial hypertension (AH) [1–3].…
Latest Publications
- Poor Physician Adherence to Clinical Guidelines in Hypertension—Time for Physicians to Face Clinical Inertia
- Dietary sodium intake does not alter renal potassium handlingand blood pressure in healthy young males
- Management of hypertensive disorders inpregnancy: a Position Statement of the EuropeanSociety of Hypertension Working Group‘Hypertension in Women’
- Gout and hyperuricaemia: modifiable cardiovascular risk factors?
- Women’s health, cardiovascular risk and hypertension: the perspective still needs to improve
