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 5 (2008), Issue 7 (July)

1. Effect of garlic on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
   BMC Cardiovasc Disord, 8: 13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Targeted ablation of the vitamin D 1alpha-hydroxylase gene: getting to the heart of the matter.
   Kidney Int, 74(2): 141-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Growth restriction before or after birth reduces nephron number and increases blood pressure in male rats.
   Kidney Int, 74(2): 187-95. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Calcium-independent and 1,25(OH)2D3-dependent regulation of the renin-angiotensin system in 1alpha-hydroxylase knockout mice.
   Kidney Int, 74(2): 170-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. GPCR signalling in hypertension: role of GRKs.
   Clin Sci (Lond), 115(3): 79-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Antihypertensive medication prescription patterns and time trends for newly-diagnosed uncomplicated hypertension patients in Taiwan.
   BMC Health Serv Res, 8: 133. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Comparison of B-type natriuretic peptide with left atrial enlargement by echocardiography for the diagnosis of new-onset congestive heart failure with a preserved left ventricular systolic function in the setting of longstanding hypertension.
   Int J Cardiol, 128(1): 123-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Health services research in the public healthcare system in Hong Kong: an analysis of over 1 million antihypertensive prescriptions between 2004-2007 as an example of the potential and pitfalls of using routinely collected electronic patient data.
   BMC Health Serv Res, 8: 138. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. CRISTOPH - a cluster-randomised intervention study to optimise the treatment of patients with hypertension in General Practice.
   BMC Fam Pract, 9: 33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: a versatile tool for evaluating and managing hypertension in children.
    Pediatr Nephrol, 23(9): 1399-408. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Altered blood pressure progression in the community and its relation to clinical events.
    Arch Intern Med, 168(13): 1450-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Redox-sensitive signaling by angiotensin II involves oxidative inactivation and blunted phosphorylation of protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-2 in vascular smooth muscle cells from SHR.
    Circ Res, 103(2): 149-58. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Management of hypertension in patients with cardiac disease: use of renin-angiotensin blocking agents.
    Am J Med, 121(8): S8-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Management of hypertension and cerebrovascular disease in the elderly.
    Am J Med, 121(8): S23-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Relating cardiovascular risk to out-of-office blood pressure and the importance of controlling blood pressure 24 hours a day.
    Am J Med, 121(8): S2-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Management of hypertension in patients with chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus.
    Am J Med, 121(8): S16-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Association of obstructive sleep apnea with urinary albumin excretion in essential hypertension: a cross-sectional study.
    Am J Kidney Dis, 52(2): 285-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Operative mortality for renal artery bypass in the United States: Results from the National Inpatient Sample.
    J Vasc Surg, 48(2): 317-322. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Proteinase activity and receptor cleavage: mechanism for insulin resistance in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 415-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Marked regional left ventricular heterogeneity in hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy patients: a losartan intervention for endpoint reduction in hypertension (LIFE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance and echocardiographic substudy.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 279-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Deletion of transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1 receptors exaggerates renal damage in deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertension.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 264-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Impaired purinergic neurotransmission to mesenteric arteries in deoxycorticosterone acetate-salt hypertensive rats.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 322-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Cerebral hemodynamics during treatment with sodium nitroprusside versus labetalol in malignant hypertension.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 236-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Relationship of dietary linoleic acid to blood pressure. The International Study of Macro-Micronutrients and Blood Pressure Study [corrected]
    Hypertension, 52(2): 408-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Area-specific differences in transmitter release in central catecholaminergic neurons of spontaneously hypertensive rats.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 351-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Tissue-type plasminogen activator release in healthy subjects and hypertensive patients: relationship with beta-adrenergic receptors and the nitric oxide pathway.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 314-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Prognostic value of ambulatory heart rate revisited in 6928 subjects from 6 populations.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 229-35. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Association of parental hypertension with concentrations of select biomarkers in nonhypertensive offspring.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 381-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. The V433M variant of the CYP4F2 is associated with ischemic stroke in male Swedes beyond its effect on blood pressure.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 373-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. History of hypertension and eplerenone in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 271-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Role of inflammation in the development of renal damage and dysfunction in angiotensin II-induced hypertension.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 256-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. The relationship of body mass index and waist-hip ratio on the 9-year incidence of diabetes and hypertension in a predominantly African-origin population.
    Ann Epidemiol, 18(8): 657-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Angiotensin II-induced hypertension differentially affects estrogen and progestin receptors in central autonomic regulatory areas of female rats.
    Exp Neurol, 212(2): 393-406. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Contribution of renal innervation to hypertension in rat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease.
    Exp Biol Med (Maywood), 233(8): 952-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Alpha-adducin polymorphism associated with increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes: results from GENEtic Substudy of the INternational VErapamil SR-trandolapril STudy (INVEST-GENES).
    Am Heart J, 156(2): 397-404. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Verapamil-sustained release-based treatment strategy is equivalent to atenolol-based treatment strategy at reducing cardiovascular events in patients with prior myocardial infarction: an INternational VErapamil SR-Trandolapril (INVEST) substudy.
    Am Heart J, 156(2): 241-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Genomic association analysis suggests chromosome 12 locus influencing antihypertensive response to thiazide diuretic.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 359-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Efficacy and safety of the Angiotensin receptor blocker valsartan in children with hypertension aged 1 to 5 years.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 222-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Physiological interaction between alpha-adducin and WNK1-NEDD4L pathways on sodium-related blood pressure regulation.
    Hypertension, 52(2): 366-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Absence of evidence for an association between resistin gene variants and insulin resistance in an Asian population with low and high blood pressure.
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 81(2): 231-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Preventing left ventricular hypertrophy by ACE inhibition in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes: a prespecified analysis of the Bergamo Nephrologic Diabetes Complications Trial (BENEDICT).
    Diabetes Care, 31(8): 1629-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. High perfusion pressure accelerates renal injury in salt-sensitive hypertension.
    J Am Soc Nephrol, 19(8): 1472-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Association of a CYP4A11 variant and blood pressure in black men.
    J Am Soc Nephrol, 19(8): 1606-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Exposure to maternal diabetes induces salt-sensitive hypertension and impairs renal function in adult rat offspring.
    Diabetes, 57(8): 2167-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. A functional intronic variant in the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene confers risk of essential hypertension in the Northern Chinese Han population.
    Clin Sci (Lond), 115(5): 151-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Identification of renal Cd36 as a determinant of blood pressure and risk for hypertension.
    Nat Genet, 40(8): 952-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Overweight and blood pressure: results from the examination of a selected group of adolescents in northern Italy.
    Public Health Nutr, 11(9): 905-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]

© 2004-2008 Hypertension Research Today. All Rights Reserved.