Before the early 1970s, intraarterial recordings provided the only means of following changes in blood pressure (BP) during the typical activities of daily living over a period of time. The development and commercial availability of lightweight, quiet, easy-to-wear automated noninvasive…
Despite the fact that conventional measurement of blood pressure (BP) in the office (OBP) has been the cornerstone for hypertension diagnosis and management for decades, it is recognized that this method might often be misleading, mainly because of the white-coat…
Because patients whose blood pressure (BP) rises to unhealthy levels usually have no symptoms to suggest the presence of this condition the only way to detect the “silent killer” is to measure the BP accurately. Thus, the major reason for…
Hypertension is a polygenetic disorder provoked by remediable (e.g., sodium intake) as well as unmodifiable factors (e.g., aging). It accounts for up to half of cardiovascular events and is the leading risk factor for morbidity and mortality worldwide. To combat…
Approximately one-third of the Western population has hypertension, and this disease becomes more frequent with aging. This disease is also a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, causing stroke, heart failure, renal failure, and cognitive decline. Despite the frequency of…
Hypertension genetics is of interest to different health care professionals: The clinician is often embarrassed by patient questioning on the origins of the blood pressure (BP) elevation in the absence of risk factors and in the clinic, signs indicating the…
Acknowledgments The authors’ research was supported by grants from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (PO1 HL51971), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P20 GM104357), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (1K08DK099415-01A1), and the American Heart…
Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a growing health problem in South Asia, where it is the second largest risk factor for disability-adjusted life years lost, predominantly because of its strong relationship with cardiovascular disease (CVD) development. Within India, it has…
With the changes in lifestyle and increasing longevity, the prevalence of hypertension increases worldwide. However, several classes of efficacious antihypertensive drugs are readily available for the management of hypertension in most countries or regions. In the past several decades, several…
Acknowledgments This work was supported by PI14/01841 grant from Instituto de Salud Carlos III and FONDOS FEDER. The term Hispanic or Latino refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or…