TROPHY in "Prehypertension" Continues to Cause Debate
Mar-09-2007
Debate over the design and conclusions reached in TROPHY is continuing, with questions about the definition of hypertension used in the study and the methods used to calculate average blood pressure. But the TROPHY authors respond that the study has been well received and has opened novel avenues for clinical research in hypertension.
Heartwire
Sue Hughes
Heartwire
Sue Hughes
FDA Approves New Drug Treatment for High Blood Pressure
Mar-06-2007
Tekturna, a new molecular entity (NME), is the first high blood pressure drug approved by FDA that inhibits renin, a kidney enzyme associated with the regulation of blood pressure.
Is Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Ever Reversible?
Mar-09-2007
A reader asks: Is pulmonary arterial hypertension ever reversible? Is it curable?
Medscape Cardiology
Medscape Cardiology
Raised Blood Pressure and Hypertension -- What Are They and How Should They Be Treated?
Mar-08-2007
The first measurement almost every clinician takes from a patient is the "blood pressure"; but lately what that is and what to do with it needs to be rethought.
Medscape Cardiology
Medscape Cardiology
Exercise in Youth Keeps Hypertension Risk Low
Mar-10-2007
Exercising in your teens and 20s could help keep high blood pressure at bay over the longer term, a new study finds.
Exercise in Youth Keeps
Mar-09-2007
Exercising in your teens and 20s could help keep high blood pressure at bay over the longer term, a new study finds.