JNC 7 simplifies the classification of blood-pressure levels and outlines how to use this new classification scheme for hypertension prevention and management. Stage 1 hypertension: SBP 140-159 or ...

and Heinz Regele (Clinical Department of Pathology), analyzed kidney tissue from a total of 99 patients: those who either ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna has investigated structural changes in kidneys of patients with ...

A research team has investigated structural changes in kidneys of patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes. The results show that high blood pressure can lead to abnormalities in the podocytes, ...

Hypothyroidism has been recognized as a cause of secondary hypertension. Previous studies on the prevalence of hypertension in subjects with hypothyroidism have demonstrated elevated blood ...

Professor George’s research group have studied the cardiovascular signalling that drives the underlying pathology and is linked to disease risk factors (including hypertension, elevated plasma ...

the team saw decreased cardiac pathology. Right ventricular hypertrophy, right ventricular systolic pressure, and vascular remodeling—all complications of pulmonary hypertension—were reduced ...