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581 A meta-analysis of randomized trials of telmisartan vs. valsartan therapy for blood pressure reduction Hypertension Research, February 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article Clinical Article
582 Role of hypothalamic angiotensin type 1 receptors in pressure overload-induced mineralocorticoid receptor activation and salt-induced sympathoexcitation Hypertension Research, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
583 The Effects of Acute Beta-Adrenergic Blockade on Aortic Wave Reflection in Postmenopausal Women American Journal of Hypertension, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
584 Increased mean arterial pressure response to dynamic exercise in normotensive subjects with multiple metabolic risk factors Hypertension Research, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
585 Subacute Blood Pressure Response in Elderly Hypertensive Women after a Water Exercise Session: A Controlled Clinical Trial High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
586 Step Count is Associated With Lower Nighttime Systolic Blood Pressure and Increased Dipping American Journal of Hypertension, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
587 A Possible Interaction Between Systemic and Renal Angiotensinogen in the Control of Blood Pressure American Journal of Hypertension, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
588 Myocardial Perfusion and the J Curve Association Between Diastolic Blood Pressure and Mortality American Journal of Hypertension, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
589 Socioeconomic Status, Psychosocial Factors, Race and Nocturnal Blood Pressure Dipping in a Hispanic Cohort American Journal of Hypertension, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
590 Insulin Resistance and the Relationship Between Urinary Na+/K+ and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in a Community of African Ancestry American Journal of Hypertension, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
591 Associations of Candidate Biomarkers of Vascular Disease with the Ankle-Brachial Index and Peripheral Arterial Disease American Journal of Hypertension, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
592 Arterial and Retinal Vascular Changes in Hypertensive and Prehypertensive Adolescents American Journal of Hypertension, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
593 Left-Ventricular Hypertrophy and Renal Outcome in Hypertensive Patients In Primary-Care American Journal of Hypertension, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
594 Prevalence of Hypertension Among Elderly Persons in Urban Brazil: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis American Journal of Hypertension, February 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
595 Development of a screening and brief intervention and referral for treatment for ED patients at risk for undiagnosed hypertension: A qualitative study Journal of Emergency Nursing, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
596 Urinary prostasin in normotensive individuals: correlation with the aldosterone to renin ratio and urinary sodium Hypertension Research, February 11, 2013 Clinical Article
597 The association between psoriasis and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies Journal of Hypertension, February 8, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
598 Clinical usefulness and cost effectiveness of home blood pressure telemonitoring: meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies Journal of Hypertension, February 8, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
599 Increased Spironolactone in Advanced Heart Failure: Effect of Doses Greater than 25 mg/Day on Plasma Potassium Concentration Cardiorenal Medicine, February 8, 2013 Clinical Article
600 Effects of Add-On Nebivolol on Blood Pressure and Glucose Parameters in Hypertensive Patients With Prediabetes The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, February 8, 2013 Clinical Article
As published in Obesity, a J-shaped association between adiponectin level and heart failure exists. The study involved 787 males with heart failure and 787 healthy controls from the Physicians’ Health Study. The relative risk of heart failure from lowest to highest quintile of adiponectin level was 0.74, 0.67, 0.70, and 0.92.
Read the article summaryAs published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation, fasting serum apo B-48 levels were elevated in patients with Coronary Artery Disease (n=96; 6.9 µg/mL) compared to patients without CAD (n=67; 3.9 µg/mL). Along with other cardiac risk factors, an apo B-48 level > 4.34 µg/mL was predictive of CAD.
Read the article summaryAs published in Diabetic Medicine, cardiac autonomic neuropathy can be predicted in patients with T2DM and negative exercise echocardiograms based on post-exercise heart rate recovery. Of the 135 study subjects, 27 (20%) had cardiac autonomic neuropathy, the criteria for which included > 2 of 7 autonomic function markers (4 cardiac reflex tests and 3 indices of short-term heart rate variability). The optimal cut-offs for post-exercise heart rate recovery at 1-, 2-, and 3-minutes were < 28, < 50, and < 52 beats per minute, respectively.
Read the article summary1 Interventional Treatment of Hypertension: A New Paradigm Current Cardiology Reports, April 1, 2013 Review Article
2 Approach to a Successful Selection of Antihypertensive Drugs for the Patient With Atherosclerosis American Journal of Therapeutics, April 3, 2013
3 Impact of Spironolactone on Vascular, Myocardial, and Functional Parameters in Untreated Patients With a Hypertensive Response to Exercise American Journal of Hypertension, March 1, 2013
4 Treatment of Hypertension Among African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, April 5, 2013
5 Trends in Predicted 10-Year Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease among US Adults from 1999 to 2010 JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 12, 2013
6 Lactotripeptides intake and blood pressure management: A meta-analysis of randomised controlled clinical trials Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, April 11, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
7 Impact of Residual Chronic Total Occlusion of Right Coronary Artery on the Long-term Outcome in Patients Treated for Unprotected Left Main Disease Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, April 18, 2013
8 Telmisartan/Hydrochlorothiazide Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Hypertension: A Pooled Analysis in Older and Younger Patients The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, April 4, 2013
9 Status of Cardiovascular Health in US Adolescents Circulation, April 10, 2013
10 Labile Hypertension: Characteristics of a Referred Cohort Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, April 8, 2013
11 Outcomes of apixaban vs. warfarin by type and duration of atrial fibrillation: results from the ARISTOTLE trial European Heart Journal, April 22, 2013
12 Diastolic blood pressure reduction contributes more to the regression of left ventricular hypertrophy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials Journal of Human Hypertension, April 1, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
13 New therapeutic principles in dyslipidaemia: focus on LDL and Lp(a) lowering drugs European Heart Journal, March 22, 2013
14 Guidelines Updates in the Treatment of Obesity or Metabolic Syndrome and Hypertension Current Hypertension Reports, April 3, 2013 Clinical Guideline
15 Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Prediction and Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease Current Hypertension Reports, April 3, 2013 Review Article
16 Clinical Outcome Following Stringent Discontinuation of Dual Anti-Platelet Therapy After 12 Months in Real-World Patients Treated With Second-Generation Zotarolimus-Eluting Resolute and Everolimus-Eluting Xience V Stents: Two-Year Follow-up of the Randomized TWENTE Trial JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 26, 2013
17 Effect of longer term modest salt reduction on blood pressure: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials British Medical Journal, April 25, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
18 Late Outcomes of Mitral Valve Repair for Mitral Regurgitation Due to Degenerative Disease Circulation, April 10, 2013
19 Simvastatin impairs exercise training adaptations JACC - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 19, 2013
20 Carotid body denervation prevents the development of insulin resistance and hypertension induced by hypercaloric diets Diabetes, April 3, 2013 Review Article
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