Hypertension

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Hypertension

Treatment

NEWS:

HBP, Diuretics & Diabetes

NIH promotes use of lower cost drugs for hypertension.

Study Raises Doubts About Popular Beta Blocker

ARTICLES:

British Hypertension Society guidelines for hypertension management 2004 (BHS-IV): summary

European guidelines on hypertension more flexible than those in United States

NGC-Medical therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

NGC-Pulmonary artery hypertension and sleep-disordered breathing: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

NGC-Surgical treatments/interventions for pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.

NICE sets out guidelines for hypertension

The British Guidelines -- Plus Race, Alcohol, Exercise and More

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A comparison between persistence to therapy in ALLHAT and in everyday clinical practice: a generalizability issue. (Can J Cardiol)

An evaluation of risk factors for adverse drug events associated with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. (J Eval Clin Pract)

Antihypertensive drugs and the kidney. (Curr Cardiol Rep)

Antioxidant vitamins and blood pressure. (Curr Hypertens Rep)

ALLHAT says diuretics are better; ANBP2 says ACEs are better--can we resolve the differences? (Cleve Clin J Med)

ALLHAT: What has it taught us so far? (CMAJ)

Assessment of cardiovascular risk and choice of antihypertensive therapy. (Curr Hypertens Rep)

Association Between Cardiovascular Outcomes and Antihypertensive Drug Treatment in Older Women (JAMA)

Atenolol in hypertension: is it a wise choice? (Lancet)

British Hypertension Society guidelines for hypertension management 2004 (BHS-IV): summary. (BMJ)

Calcium channel blockers: an update. (Am J Med)

Combination drug treatment of hypertension: have we come full circle? (Curr Cardiol Rep)

Comparison of different therapeutic strategies in hypertension: a low-dose combination of perindopril/indapamide versus a sequential monotherapy or a stepped-care approach. (J Hypertens)

Continued importance of diuretics and beta-adrenergic blockers in the management of hypertension. (Med Clin North Am)

Daily Nighttime Melatonin Reduces Blood Pressure in Male Patients With Essential Hypertension (Hypertension)

Different effects of antihypertensive drugs on endothelial dysfunction. (Acta Cardiol)

Diuretics for cardiovascular prevention in the elderly. (J Hum Hypertens)

Do we need drug therapy to manage mild hypertension in the elderly? (Drugs Aging)

Does comorbidity explain trends in prescribing of newer antihypertensive agents? (J Hypertens)

Economic implications of evidence-based prescribing for hypertension: can better care cost less? (JAMA)

Effects of exercise, diet and weight loss on high blood pressure. (Sports Med)

Effects of low sodium diet versus high sodium diet on blood pressure, renin, aldosterone, catecholamines, cholesterols, and triglyceride (Cochrane Review) (The Cochrane Library)

Effects of moderate physical training on blood pressure variability and hemodynamic pattern in mildly hypertensive subjects. (J Physiol Pharmacol)

Evolving role of calcium antagonists in the management of hypertension. (Med Clin North Am)

Food-drug interaction: grapefruit juice augments drug bioavailability--mechanism, extent and relevance. (Eur J Clin Nutr)

Guidelines for antihypertensive treatment: an update after the ALLHAT study. (J Am Soc Nephrol)

Hypertension guideline 2003 update. (S Afr Med J)

Hypertension Treatment and Control in Five European Countries, Canada, and the United States (Hypertension)

Initial angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/calcium channel blocker combination therapy achieves superior blood pressure control compared with calcium channel blocker monotherapy in patients with stage 2 hypertension. (Am J Hypertens)

Lessons from ALLHAT. Are low budget diuretics first line therapy in hypertension? (Z Kardiol)

Lifestyle interventions or drugs for patients with essential hypertension: a systematic review. (J Hypertens)

Low-salt diet and diuretic effect on blood pressure and organ damage. (J Am Soc Nephrol)

Management of Hypertension in the Very Elderly Patient. (Hypertension)

NCG-Medical management of adults with essential hypertension.

Pathophysiology of hypertensive renal damage: implications for therapy. (Hypertension)

[Problems of compliance in resistant hypertension] (Herz)

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: New Management Options. (Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med)

Regular exercise as an effective approach in antihypertensive therapy. (Med Sci Sports Exerc)

Systolic Hypertension in Older Persons (JAMA)

Systolic hypertension in the elderly: pushing the frontiers of therapy--a suggested new approach. (J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich))

The 2004 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part II--Therapy. (Can J Cardiol)

The DASH diet in the control of hypertension. (Current Opinion in Endocrinology & Diabetes)

The management of hypertension in the overweight and obese patient: is weight reduction sufficient? (Drugs)

The natural treatment of hypertension. (J Clin Hypertens)

The place of diuretics in preventing cardiovascular events. (J Hum Hypertens)

The role of existing and newer calcium channel blockers in the treatment of hypertension. (J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich))

Therapeutic hypertension: principles and methods. (Neurosurg Rev)

Treating to hypertension targets. (Heart)

[Treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension.] (Rev Med Interne)

Update on the Management of Hypertension: Recent Clinical Trials and the JNC 7. (J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich))

What can we expect from new guidelines? (Med Clin North Am)

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