Quarti-Trevano, Fosca Seravalle, Gino Dell’Oro, Raffaella Mancia, Giuseppe Grassi, Guido
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Purpose of Review To review the results of studies of the effects of dialysis and kidney transplantation on the autonomic nervous system alterations that occur in chronic kidney disease. Recent Findings Vagal control of the heart mediated by arterial baroreceptors is altered early in the course of the renal disease. Sympathetic activation occurs, w...
Govender, Rowen Moodley, Jagidesa Naicker, Thajasvarie
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Purpose of Review The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is profound, with distressing consequences on many individuals, especially those with co-morbidities. Pregnant women are one such group of individuals who are at in increased risk of contracting COVID-19, due to their immunocompromised state. In South Africa, HIV infec...
Overby, Haley B. Ferguson, Jane F.
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Purpose of ReviewThe purpose of this review is to summarize the evidence supporting a role of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) as messengers facilitating cross talk between the host and gut microbiota and discuss the effects of altered SCFA signaling in obesity and hypertension.Recent FindingsRecent evidence suggests there to be a significant contri...
Kalehoff, Jonathan Oparil, Suzanne
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Taghizadieh, Ali Mohammadinasab, Reza
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Ali, Shahmir H. Islam, Nadia S. Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne Yi, Stella S.
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Purpose of ReviewTo outline intervention efforts focused on reducing hypertension disparities in immigrant communities in the U.S. and to identify areas in the design, implementation, and evaluation of these interventions that warrant further exploration guided by an implementation science framework.Recent FindingsStudies examined (n = 11) included...
Bo, Yacong Kwok, Kin-On Chu, Kareen Ka-Yin Leung, Eppie Yu-Han Yu, Chun Pong Wong, Samuel Yeung-Shan Lee, Eric Kam-Pui
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Purpose of ReviewAutomated office blood pressure (AOBP) measurements may provide more accurate estimation of blood pressure (BP) than manual office blood pressure (MOBP) measurements. This systematic review investigated the diagnostic performance of AOBP and MOBP using ambulatory blood pressure measurement (ABPM) as reference. Several databases inc...
Gąsecki, Dariusz Kwarciany, Mariusz Kowalczyk, Kamil Narkiewicz, Krzysztof Karaszewski, Bartosz
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Purpose of ReviewAbrupt blood pressure (BP) rise is the most common clinical symptom of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). However, BP alterations during AIS reflect many diverse mechanisms, both stroke-related and nonspecific epiphenomena, which change over time and across patients. While extremes of BP as well as high BP variability have been related w...
Martinez-Morata, Irene Sanchez, Tiffany R. Shimbo, Daichi Navas-Acien, Ana
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Purpose of ReviewE-cigarettes (e-cigs) release toxic chemicals known to increase blood pressure (BP) levels. The effects of e-cigs on BP, however, remain unknown. Studying BP may help characterize potential cardiovascular risks of short- and long-term e-cig use. We summarized published studies on the association of e-cig use with BP endpoints.Recen...
Narang, Kavita Szymanski, Linda M.
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Purpose of ReviewThe occurrence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) including gestational hypertension, chronic hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia is proportional to the number of fetuses: singletons 6.5%, twins 12.7%, and triplets 20.0%. Literature on HDP in multifetal gestation is sparse compared with singletons. We aim to summari...
