Hypertension Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Hypertension, including details on symptoms, diagnosis, diet, treatment, causes.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 5 (May)

1. 11beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the heart of normotensive and hypertensive rats.
   J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, 94(1): 273-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Increased ambulatory pulse pressure is a strong risk factor for coronary endothelial vasomotor dysfunction.
   J Am Coll Cardiol, 45(9): 1461-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Rho-kinase inhibition suppresses bladder hyperactivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
   Neurourol Urodyn, 24(3): 295-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Enalapril dosage in progressive chronic nephropathy: a randomised, controlled trial.
   Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 61(2): 87-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. The ONTARGET/TRANSCEND Trial Programme: baseline data.
   Acta Diabetol, 42: S50-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Obesity, hypertension and insulin resistance.
   Acta Diabetol, 42: S3-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. The association of hypertension and diabetes: prevalence, cardiovascular risk and protection by blood pressure reduction.
   Acta Diabetol, 42: S17-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Circadian variability of blood pressure in liver transplant recipients without antihypertensive therapy.
   Transplant Proc, 37(3): 1515-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. WNK kinases and the control of blood pressure.
   Pharmacol Ther, 106(2): 221-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Group versus individual academic detailing to improve the use of antihypertensive medications in primary care: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.
    Am J Med, 118(5): 521-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Retinopathy and hypertension affect serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels in Type 2 diabetic patients.
    J Diabetes Complications, 19(3): 123-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Mid-term effects of implanting stents for relief of aortic recoarctation on systemic hypertension, carotid mechanical properties, intimal medial thickness and reflection of the pulse wave.
    Cardiol Young, 15(3): 245-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Surgical management of renal fibromuscular dysplasia: challenges in the endovascular era.
    Ann Vasc Surg, 19(2): 208-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Activities of antioxidant enzymes in two stages of pathology development in sucrose-fed rats.
    Can J Physiol Pharmacol, 83(3): 278-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Levels of transforming growth factor beta 1 in south Indian type 2 diabetic subjects.
    Diabetes Metab Res Rev, 21(3): 276-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Arterial stiffness is related to insulin resistance in nondiabetic hypertensive older adults.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(5): 2823-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Hyperglycemia, blood pressure, and the 9-year incidence of diabetic retinopathy: the Barbados Eye Studies.
    Ophthalmology, 112(5): 799-805. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Diabetes and hypertension in isolated sixth nerve palsy: a population-based study.
    Ophthalmology, 112(5): 760-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Renal hypoplasia and situs inversus totalis.
    Nephrology (Carlton), 10(2): 189-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Direct comparison of repeated same-day self and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
    Nephrology (Carlton), 10(2): 151-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Severe hypertension after stellate ganglion block.
    Br J Anaesth, 94(6): 840-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Hypertension, antihypertensive treatment and stroke prevention.
    Neurol Sci, 26: S22-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Retinal arteriolar narrowing, hypertension, and subsequent risk of diabetes mellitus.
    Arch Intern Med, 165(9): 1060-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Ethnic differences in blood pressure control among men at Veterans Affairs clinics and other health care sites.
    Arch Intern Med, 165(9): 1041-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Insertion/deletion polymorphism in clusterin gene influences serum lipid levels and carotid intima-media thickness in hypertensive Japanese females.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 331(4): 1587-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Early cardiac morphologic and functional changes in neurofibromatosis type 1 hypertensives: an echocardiographic and tissue Doppler study.
    Int J Cardiol, 101(2): 243-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Effects of ACE inhibition during fetal development on cardiac microvasculature in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Int J Cardiol, 101(2): 237-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Tempol attenuates the development of hypertensive renal injury in Dahl salt-sensitive rats.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 707-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Persistent effects on blood pressure and renal function of perindopril alone or combined with losartan in Lyon hypertensive rats.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 699-706. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Further evidence of a quantitative trait locus on chromosome 18 influencing postural change in systolic blood pressure: the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network (HyperGEN) Study.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 672-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Quantitative trait loci mapping for intracellular calcium in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 666-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Common genetic mechanisms of blood pressure elevation in two independent rodent models of human essential hypertension.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 633-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. A genome scan for linkage with aortic root diameter in hypertensive African Americans and whites in the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network (HyperGEN) study.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 627-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Resistant hypertension revisited: a comparison of two university-based cohorts.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 619-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Nondipping status does not attenuate the conjugated estrogen-induced improvement in aortic stiffness in postmenopausal women with untreated hypertension.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 607-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Sleep apnea, hypertension, and the effects of continuous positive airway pressure.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 594-600. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. In clinical practice, masked hypertension is as common as isolated clinic hypertension: predominance of younger men.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 589-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. White-coat hypertension and autonomic nervous system dysregulation.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 584-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Effect of telmisartan/hydrochlorothiazide combination versus nifedipine GITS on ambulatory blood pressure and sympathetic activation.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(5): 577-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Resistance to oxidative stress by chronic infusion of angiotensin II in mouse kidney is not mediated by the AT2 receptor.
    Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 288(6): F1191-200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Altered expression of renal apical plasma membrane Na+ transporters in the early phase of genetic hypertension.
    Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 288(6): F1173-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Enhanced Ca2+ response to AVP in preglomerular vessels from rats with genetic hypertension during different hydration states.
    Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 288(6): F1249-56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Defective insulin signaling in skeletal muscle of the hypertensive TG(mREN2)27 rat.
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 288(6): E1074-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Influence of genetic background and gender on hypertension and renal failure in COX-2-deficient mice.
    Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 288(6): F1125-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Double-wavelet approach to studying the modulation properties of nonstationary multimode dynamics.
    Physiol Meas, 26(4): 351-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. How are hypertensive children evaluated and managed? A survey of North American pediatric nephrologists.
    Pediatr Nephrol, 20(6): 791-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Change in body mass index and its impact on blood pressure: a prospective population study.
    Int J Obes (Lond), 29(6): 650-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Muscle arteriolar and venular reactivity in two models of hypertensive rats.
    Microvasc Res, 69(3): 142-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Hypertension-based clinical risk strategies for detecting microalbuminuria in diabetes.
    QJM, 98(6): 427-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Unfair treatment, discrimination, and ambulatory blood pressure in black and white adolescents.
    Health Psychol, 24(3): 258-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Maternal nutrient restriction in sheep: hypertension and decreased nephron number in offspring at 9 months of age.
    J Physiol, 565: 137-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Opposing roles of endothelial and smooth muscle phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in vasoconstriction: effects of rho-kinase and hypertension.
    J Pharmacol Exp Ther, 313(3): 1248-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Genetic analysis of complex cardiovascular traits in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
    Exp Physiol, 90(3): 273-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Polymorphism in angiotensin II receptor genes and hypertension.
    Exp Physiol, 90(3): 277-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 as a novel target for gene therapy for hypertension.
    Exp Physiol, 90(3): 299-305. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Does an obese prepregnancy body mass index influence outcome in pregnancies complicated by mild gestational hypertension remote from term?
    Am J Obstet Gynecol, 192(5): 1472-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension among African Americans.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(6): 485-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. NSAID use and BP in treated hypertensives: a retrospective controlled observational study.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(6): 445-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Stopping oral contraceptives: an effective blood pressure-lowering intervention in women with hypertension.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(6): 451-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. High-dose monotherapy vs low-dose combination therapy of calcium channel blockers and angiotensin receptor blockers in mild to moderate hypertension.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(6): 491-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Lowering of blood pressure leads to decreased circulating interleukin-6 in hypertensive subjects.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(6): 457-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. The effect of treatment on health-related quality of life in patients with hypertension and renal artery stenosis.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(6): 467-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Reduction of blood pressure with calcium and potassium supplementation in children with salt sensitivity: a 2-year double-blinded placebo-controlled trial.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(6): 479-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Isolated ambulatory hypertension and changes in target organ damage in treated hypertensive patients.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(6): 471-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. Aggressive antihypertensive therapy based on hydrochlorothiazide, candesartan or lisinopril as initial choice in hypertensive type II diabetic individuals: effects on albumin excretion, endothelial function and inflammation in a double-blind, randomized clinical trial.
    J Hum Hypertens, 19(6): 429-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Effects of body mass index, plasma glucose and cholesterol levels on isolated systolic hypertension.
    Int J Cardiol, 101(3): 429-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Effects of amlodipine and lacidipine on heart rate variability in hypertensive patients with stable angina pectoris and isolated left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.
    Int J Cardiol, 101(3): 347-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Predictors of adherence with antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy.
    Arch Intern Med, 165(10): 1147-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Mitogen-activated protein kinase contributes to elevated basal tone in aortic smooth muscle from hypertensive rats.
    Eur J Pharmacol, 514(2): 209-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Alteration of arterial smooth muscle potassium channel composition and BKCa current modulation in hypertension.
    Eur J Pharmacol, 514(2): 111-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Association analysis of the variant in the regulatory subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (p85alpha) with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension in the Chinese Han population.
    Diabet Med, 22(6): 737-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Nurse-recorded clinic and ambulatory blood pressures correlate equally well with left ventricular mass and carotid intima-media thickness.
    J Intern Med, 257(6): 514-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Influence of metabolic syndrome on hypertension-related target organ damage.
    J Intern Med, 257(6): 503-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. Stroke and coronary heart disease in treated hypertension -- a prospective cohort study over three decades.
    J Intern Med, 257(6): 496-502. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. The effects of chlorpyrifos on blood pressure and temperature regulation in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol, 96(6): 503-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Venous sphincters in the choroidea of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol, 284(2): 537-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
77. Does long-term lactation protect premenopausal women against hypertension risk? A Korean women's cohort study.
    Prev Med, 41(2): 433-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
78. Burden of disease associated with overweight and obesity among U.S. military retirees and their dependents, aged 38-64, 2003.
    Prev Med, 41(1): 63-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
79. Hypertension and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis hyperactivity affect frontal lobe integrity.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(6): 3262-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
80. Health disparities in lifestyle choices among hypertensive Korean Americans, non-Hispanic Whites, and Blacks.
    Biol Res Nurs, 7(1): 67-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
81. Role of dietary salt intake in posttransplant hypertension with tacrolimus-based immunosuppression.
    Transplant Proc, 37(4): 1896-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
82. Myocardial interstitial matrix metalloproteinase activity is altered by mechanical changes in LV load: interaction with the angiotensin type 1 receptor.
    Circ Res, 96(10): 1110-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
83. Effect of a nifedipine induced reduction in blood pressure on the association between ocular pulse amplitude and ocular fundus pulsation amplitude in systemic hypertension.
    Br J Ophthalmol, 89(6): 704-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
84. Results of a multicenter, 8-week, parallel-group, randomized,double-blind, double-dummy, Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of amlodipine maleate versus amlodipine besylate in Korean patients with mild to moderate hypertension.
    Clin Ther, 27(4): 441-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
85. Primary hyperaldosteronism in the cat: a series of 13 cases.
    J Feline Med Surg, 7(3): 173-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
86. Predictors of failure to initiate randomized treatment in a large trial of antihypertensive drug therapy in the aged.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 885-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
87. Male gender and not the severity of hypertension is associated with end-organ damage in aged stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 878-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
88. Antioxidant enzymes and effects of tempol on the development of hypertension induced by nitric oxide inhibition.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 871-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
89. Chronic administration of resveratrol prevents biochemical cardiovascular changes in fructose-fed rats.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 864-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
90. Glomerular permeability defect in hypertension is dependent on renin angiotensin system activation.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 844-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
91. Increased superoxide production in hypertensive patients with diabetes mellitus: role of nitric oxide synthase.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 839-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
92. Predictors of blood pressure control in patients with diabetes and hypertension seen in primary care clinics.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 833-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
93. Genome-wide scan for hypertension in Sydney Sibships: the GENIHUSS study.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 828-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
94. Isradipine decreases the hemodynamic response of cocaine and methamphetamine results from two human laboratory studies: results from two human laboratory studies.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 813-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
95. Validity of plasma aldosterone-to-renin activity ratio in African American and white subjects with resistant hypertension.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 805-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
96. Effects of drospirenone/17-beta estradiol on blood pressure and potassium balance in hypertensive postmenopausal women.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 797-804. [Abstract] [Full-text]
97. Long-term effect of biliopancreatic diversion on blood pressure in hypertensive obese patients.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 780-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
98. Masked hypertension assessed by ambulatory blood pressure versus home blood pressure monitoring: is it the same phenomenon?
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 772-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
99. Risk of myocardial infarction attributable to elevated levels of total cholesterol among hypertensives.
    Am J Hypertens, 18(6): 759-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
100. Race and diet in the overweight: association with cardiovascular risk in a nationally representative sample.
     Nutrition, 21(6): 718-25. [Abstract] [Full-text]
101. Consequences of the discontinuation of antihypertensive treatment in successfully treated patients.
     Int J Clin Pract, 59(6): 704-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
102. Diagnosis of impaired glucose tolerance in hypertensive patients in daily clinical practice.
     Int J Clin Pract, 59(6): 632-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
103. Genetics of essential hypertension.
     J Am Acad Nurse Pract, 17(6): 219-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
104. Developmental toxicity of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonists during human pregnancy: a report of 10 cases.
     BJOG, 112(6): 710-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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