Hypertension Canada's 2020 comprehensive guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children

DM Rabi, KA McBrien, R Sapir-Pichhadze… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hypertension Canada's 2020 guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and
treatment of hypertension in adults and children provide comprehensive, evidence-based …

Evolution of the primary aldosteronism syndrome: updating the approach

A Vaidya, RM Carey - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Context New approaches are needed to address the evolution of the primary aldosteronism
syndrome and to increase its recognition. Herein, we review evidence indicating that primary …

2020 International Society of Hypertension global hypertension practice guidelines

T Unger, C Borghi, F Charchar, NA Khan… - …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
In the Guidelines, differentiation between optimal and essential standards were not always
possible, and were made in sections where it was most practical and sensible. The …

The unrecognized prevalence of primary aldosteronism: a cross-sectional study

JM Brown, M Siddiqui, DA Calhoun… - Annals of Internal …, 2020 - acpjournals.org
Background: Primary aldosteronism is a nonsuppressible renin-independent aldosterone
production that causes hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Objective: To characterize …

Role of hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance in hypertension: metabolic syndrome revisited

AA da Silva, JM do Carmo, X Li, Z Wang… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance were proposed more than 30 years ago to be
important contributors to elevated blood pressure (BP) associated with obesity and the …

Screening rates for primary aldosteronism in resistant hypertension: a cohort study

G Jaffe, Z Gray, G Krishnan, M Stedman, Y Zheng… - …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Resistant hypertension is associated with higher rates of cardiovascular disease, kidney
disease, and death than primary hypertension. Although clinical practice guidelines …

Role of the renin–angiotensin system in kidney development and programming of adult blood pressure

LF Almeida, SS Tofteng, K Madsen… - Clinical Science, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Adverse events during fetal life such as insufficient protein intake or elevated transfer of
glucocorticoid to the fetus may impact cardiovascular and metabolic health later in adult life …

Spironolactone use and improved outcomes in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction with resistant hypertension

T Tsujimoto, H Kajio - Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Resistant hypertension is a salt‐retaining condition possibly attributable to
inappropriate aldosterone secretion. Methods and Results This study was a secondary …

Hypertension Canada's 2020 evidence review and guidelines for the management of resistant hypertension

S Hiremath, R Sapir-Pichhadze, M Nakhla… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract We present Hypertension Canada's inaugural evidence-based recommendations
for the diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension. Hypertension is present in …

Resistant hypertension in chronic kidney disease (CKD): prevalence, treatment particularities, and research agenda

PI Georgianos, R Agarwal - Current hypertension reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To explore the prevalence, treatment particularities, and
research agenda in the management of resistant hypertension among patients with chronic …