Throughout the world, 1 in every 4 adults suffers from hypertension, 1 a disease that
contributes to 49% of ischemic heart disease and 62% of strokes worldwide. Inadequately …

Hypertension is a complex and multifaceted disease, with many contributing factors. While
diet and nutrition are important influences, the confounding effects of overweight and …

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is being used increasingly in both clinical
practice and hypertension research. Although there are many guidelines that emphasize the …

However, an obesity-related increase in BP has not been documented in all studies. In the
Bogalusa Heart Study, which used the mean of 6 resting BP measurements instead of 2 or 3 …

METHODS In response to the request of the NHBPEP chair and director of the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) regarding the need to update the JNC 7 report, 2 …

European Society of Hypertension guidelines for blood pressu... : Journal of Hypertension
European Society of Hypertension guidelines for blood pressure monitoring at home: a …

Atualmente sabemos que é possível obter uma redução na incidência de complicações da
aterosclerose com a adoção de um estilo de vida saudável e com o tratamento …

The long-term vascular complications of diabetes include retinopathy, nephropathy,
neuropathy, and macrovascular disease. The outcomes are:• visual impairment and …

Masked hypertension, an elevated daytime ambulatory blood pressure in the presence of a
normal office blood pressure, confers an increased cardiovascular risk to adults. We …

To determine whether carotid intima media thickness is increased in children with primary
hypertension, the current study compared carotid intima media thickness in hypertensive …