1 July

J Hypertens http://journals.lww.com/jhypertension/

• 07:00
  Blood pressure management through application-based telehealth platforms: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Kalagara, Roshini; Chennareddy, Susmita; Scaggiante, Jacopo; Matsoukas, Stavros; Bhimani, Abhiraj; Smith, Colton; Putrino, David; Dangayach, Neha S.; Mocco, J.; Schnipper, Jeffrey L.; Auerbach, Andrew D.; Kellner, Christopher P. J Hypertens
  Background and objectives: Hypertension management has several challenges, including poor compliance with medications and patients being lost to follow-up. Recently, remote patient monitoring and telehealth technologies have emerged as promising methods of blood pressure management. We aimed to (...) -- REVIEWS
• 07:00
  Practical guide for the management of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy - Antza, Christina; Stabouli, Stella; Kotsis, Vasilios J Hypertens
  Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia, are a worldwide health problem. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy affect more than 10% of pregnancies and are associated with increased mortality and morbidity for both mother and fetus. (...) -- REVIEWS
• 07:00
  Arterial stiffness and renal function decline: are all stiffness measurements equally predictive? - Laurent, Stéphane J Hypertens
  No abstract available -- EDITORIAL COMMENTARIES
• 07:00
  Severe COVID-19 infection and cardiovascular disease – a long-term relationship or short myocardial affair? - Motwani, Manish J Hypertens
  No abstract available -- EDITORIAL COMMENTARIES
• 07:00
  Prevalence of hypertension and hypertension phenotypes after three visits in Chinese urban children - Dong, Jie; Dong, Hongbo; Yan, Yinkun; Cheng, Hong; Zhao, Xiaoyuan; Mi, Jie J Hypertens
  Objective: This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of hypertension and hypertension subtypes among Chinese children aged 6–17 years in a multicenter school-based sample by three separate screenings. Methods: Students from six major cities in China (Changchun, Beijing, Jinan, Shanghai, (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Cardiovascular outcome 6 months after severe coronavirus disease 2019 infection - Raafs, Anne G.; Ghossein, Mohammed A.; Brandt, Yentl; Henkens, Michiel T.H.M.; Kooi, M. Eline; Vernooy, Kevin; Spaanderman, Marc E.A.; Gerretsen, Suzanne; van Santen, Susanne; Driessen, Rob G.H.; Knackstedt, Christian; van der Horst, Iwan C.C.; van Bussel, Bas C.T.; Heymans, Stephane R.B.; Ghossein-Doha, Chahinda J Hypertens
  Objectives: In coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), cardiovascular risk factors and myocardial injury relate to increased mortality. We evaluated the extent of cardiac sequelae 6 months after hospital discharge in patients surviving ICU hospitalization for COVID-19. Methods: All survivors of (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Epidemiology and outcomes of hypertensive crisis in patients with chronic kidney disease: a nationwide analysis - Pothuru, Suveenkrishna; Chan, Wan-Chi; Ranka, Sagar; Acharya, Prakash; Mehta, Harsh; Cannon, Chad; Yarlagadda, Sri G.; Shah, Zubair; Gupta, Kamal J Hypertens
  Background: The epidemiology and outcomes of hypertensive crisis (HTN-C) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have not been well studied. The objective of our study is to describe the incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of emergency (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Predictive ability of arterial stiffness parameters for renal function decline: a retrospective cohort study comparing cardio-ankle vascular index, pulse wave velocity and cardio-ankle vascular index0 - Nagayama, Daiji; Fujishiro, Kentaro; Miyoshi, Toru; Horinaka, Shigeo; Suzuki, Kenji; Shimizu, Kazuhiro; Saiki, Atsuhito; Shirai, Kohji J Hypertens
  Objective: The relative usefulness of arterial stiffness parameters on renal function remains controversial. This study aimed to compare the predictive ability of three arterial stiffness parameters at baseline; cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI), heart–ankle pulse wave velocity (haPWV) and (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Transcriptomics of angiotensin II-induced long noncoding and coding RNAs in endothelial cells - Bu, Shuhan; Nguyen, Hien C.; Michels, David C.R.; Rasheed, Berk; Nikfarjam, Sepideh; Singh, Rohan; Wang, Lynn; Patel, Darshil A.; Singh, Shweta; Qadura, Mohammad; Singh, Krishna K. J Hypertens
  Objective: Angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced endothelial dysfunction plays an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases such as systemic hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and atherosclerosis. Recently, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to play an essential role in (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Sirtuin1 inhibitor attenuates hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats: role of Gi? proteins and nitroxidative stress - Arifen, Nahida; Li, Yuan; Srivastava, Ashok K.; Anand-Srivastava, Madhu B. J Hypertens
  Background: We recently showed that vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) from spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) exhibit overexpression of Sirtuin1 (Sirt1) that contributes to the enhanced expression of Gi? proteins implicated in the development of hypertension in SHR. Method: The present (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Prevalence and associated factors of obstructive sleep apnea in refractory hypertension - Chedier, Bernardo; Roderjan, Christian N.; Cavalcanti, Aline H.; de Souza, Fabio; Muxfeldt, Elizabeth S. J Hypertens
  Background: Refractory hypertension (RfHT) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) share common pathophysiological mechanisms and probably are intrinsically associated, but their prevalence, clinical profile, and polysomnography (PSG) pattern remain misunderstood. Objective: To describe OSA (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Association of home and office systolic and diastolic hypertension with glucose metabolism in a general population: the Ohasama study - Tatsumi, Yukako; Satoh, Michihiro; Asayama, Kei; Murakami, Takahisa; Hirose, Takuo; Hara, Azusa; Tsubota-Utsugi, Megumi; Inoue, Ryusuke; Kikuya, Masahiro; Nomura, Kyoko; Metoki, Hirohito; Hozawa, Atsushi; Katagiri, Hideki; Imai, Yutaka; Ohkubo, Takayoshi J Hypertens
  Objective: This study was performed to investigate the association of hypertension subtypes with glucose metabolism among the Japanese general population. Methods: The study involved 646 residents (mean age: 62.4 years) without treatment for hypertension or a history of diabetes from Ohasama, a (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Association of ambulatory blood pressure with aortic valve and coronary artery calcification - Sawayama, Yuichi; Hisamatsu, Takashi; Kadota, Aya; Torii, Sayuki; Kondo, Keiko; Fujiyoshi, Akira; Higo, Yosuke; Harada, Akiko; Watanabe, Yoshiyuki; Nakagawa, Yoshihisa; Miura, Katsuyuki; Ueshima, Hirotsugu J Hypertens
  Objective: We aimed to investigate the effect of ambulatory blood pressure (BP) on aortic valve calcification (AVC) and coronary artery calcification (CAC), which are subclinical atherosclerotic diseases. Methods: In this population-based, cross-sectional study, we assessed office BP, mean (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Association of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia with nonsyndromic orofacial clefts in China: a large prospective cohort study - An, Hang; Jin, Ming; Li, Zhiwen; Zhang, Le; Zhang, Yali; Li, Hongtian; Liu, Jianmeng; Ye, Rongwei; Li, Nan J Hypertens
  Background: The associations between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and nonsyndromic orofacial clefts (NSOFCs) are not consistent or based on case–control study design. We hypothesize that OFCs and NSOFCs are associated with hypertensive disease in pregnancy. Methods: Data were collected (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Lifestyle modification and cognitive function among individuals with resistant hypertension: cognitive outcomes from the TRIUMPH trial - Smith, Patrick J.; Sherwood, Andrew; Hinderliter, Alan L.; Mabe, Stephanie; Watkins, Lana L.; Craighead, Linda; Ingle, Krista; Tyson, Crystal; Avorgbedor, Forgive; Lin, Pao-Hwa; Kraus, William E.; Liao, Lawrence; Blumenthal, James A. J Hypertens
  Background: Resistant hypertension is associated with increased risk of cognitive decline, stroke, and dementia. Lifestyle modification has been suggested to improve cognitive function through its salutary effects on vascular function. Methods: Participants included 140 patients with resistant (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Disparities between determinants of impaired vascular structure and function in young people with primary hypertension: a systematic review - Azukaitis, Karolis; Sinha, Manish D.; Obrycki, ?ukasz; Pac, Micha?; Bjelakovic, Bojko; Jankauskiene, Augustina; Litwin, Mieczys?aw J Hypertens
  Objective: Early effects of primary hypertension on arterial structure and function in children and young people (CYP) and their determinants remain elusive. We aimed to review independent determinants of carotid intima–media thickness (cIMT), carotid wall cross-sectional area (WCSA) and (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Home blood pressure monitoring schedule: optimal and minimum based on 2122 individual participants’ data - Kyriakoulis, Konstantinos G.; Ntineri, Angeliki; Niiranen, Teemu J.; Lindroos, Annika; Jula, Antti; Schwartz, Claire; Kollias, Anastasios; Andreadis, Emmanuel A.; McManus, Richard J.; Stergiou, George S. J Hypertens
  Objectives: Home blood pressure (HBP) monitoring has become a primary method for hypertension diagnosis and management. This analysis aimed to investigate the optimal and minimum schedule for HBP monitoring. Methods: A retrospective analysis of cross-sectional data was performed, which involved (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Association between genetic risk of high SBP and hypertension control: the CoLaus|PsyColaus study - Marques-Vidal, Pedro; Chekanova, Valeriya; Vaucher, Julien J Hypertens
  Objective: To assess whether a genetic risk score (GRS) for high SBP is associated with poor control of hypertension. Methods: Data from the four waves of a population-based, prospective study conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland. Control of hypertension was defined based on SBP less than 140 (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Distinct transcriptomic profile of small arteries of hypertensive patients with chronic kidney disease identified miR-338-3p targeting GPX3 and PTPRS - Berillo, Olga; Huo, Ku-Geng; Richer, Chantal; Fraulob-Aquino, Júlio C.; Briet, Marie; Lipman, Mark L.; Sinnett, Daniel; Paradis, Pierre; Schiffrin, Ernesto L. J Hypertens
  Objective: Hypertension is associated with vascular injury, which contributes to end-organ damage. MicroRNAs regulating mRNAs have been shown to play a role in vascular injury in hypertensive mice. We aimed to identify differentially expressed microRNAs and their mRNA targets in small arteries (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Spot urinary sodium to monitor relative changes in population salt intake during the UK salt reduction programme - Tan, Monique; Wang, Changqiong; Song, Jing; He, Feng J.; MacGregor, Graham A. J Hypertens
  Objectives: The most accurate method to measure population salt intake is to collect the complete 24-h urinary sodium excretion (24-h UNa) but it is resource intensive and is rarely carried out frequently. We, therefore, assessed the use of spot urinary sodium concentration to monitor relative (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Barriers to up-titrated antihypertensive strategies in 12 sub-Saharan African countries: the Multination Evaluation of hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa Study - Cavagna, Pauline; Kramoh, Kouadio Euloge; Diop, Ibrahima Bara; Kouam Kouam, Charles; Ikama, Meo Stéphane; Takombe, Jean Laurent; Damorou, Jean Marie; Ali Toure, Ibrahim; Balde, Dadhi M.; Dzudie, Anastase; Khoury, Stéphanie; Perier, Marie Cécile; Asselin, Anouk; Azizi, Michel; Houenassi, Martin Dèdonougbo; Kane, Abdoul; Kimbally-Kaki, Suzy Gisèle; Kingue, Samuel; Limbole, Emmanuel; Mfeukeu Kuate, Liliane; Mipinda, Jean Bruno; Ferreira, Beatriz; Nhavoto, Carol; Sidy Ali, Abdallahi; Empana, Jean Philippe; N’guetta, Roland; Jouven, Xavier; Antignac, (...) J Hypertens
  Background: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces the highest rate of hypertension worldwide. The high burden of elevated blood pressure (BP) in black people has been emphasized. Guidelines recommend two or more antihypertensive medications to achieve a BP control. We aimed to identify factors (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Role of the angiotensin type 1 receptor in modulating the carotid chemoreflex in an ovine model of renovascular hypertension - Sohn, Chris Sung-Eun; Chang, Joshua Wen-Han; George, Bindu; Chen, Siyi; Ramchandra, Rohit J Hypertens
  Objective: The carotid body has been implicated as an important mediator and putative target for hypertension. Previous studies have indicated an important role for angiotensin II in mediating carotid body function via angiotensin type-1 receptors (AT1R); however, their role in modulating (...) -- ORIGINAL ARTICLES
• 07:00
  Aortic root dilatation and aortic stiffness - Murakami, Tomoaki; Shiraishi, Masahiro; Niwa, Koichiro J Hypertens
  No abstract available -- CORRESPONDENCE
• 07:00
  The sex difference in the association of enhanced brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity and adverse cardiac remodeling: the possible background mechanism - Murakami, Tomoaki; Shiraishi, Masahiro J Hypertens
  No abstract available -- CORRESPONDENCE
• 07:00
  The interaction of estimated glomerular filtration rate with circadian blood pressure variation: do not forget the impact of albuminuria - Georgianos, Panagiotis I.; Vaios, Vasilios; Sgouropoulou, Vasiliki; Liakopoulos, Vassilios J Hypertens
  No abstract available -- CORRESPONDENCE