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Association of Interleukin-6 With Aortic Stiffness In End-Stage Renal Disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Aortic stiffness, a non-traditional risk factor, is associated with high rate of mortality in CKD. Using a CKD animal model with medial vascular calcification, we previously reported increased mRNA expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1 β (IL-1β) in calcified aorta. The aim of the study was to investigate the association between IL-6, TNF, IL-1β and aortic stiffness in ESRD patients. (Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension)
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - October 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Marie-Pier DESJARDINS, Aboubacar SIDIB É, Catherine FORTIER, Fabrice MAC-WAY, Karine MARQUIS, Sacha DE. SERRES, Richard LARIVIÈRE, Mohsen AGHARAZII Source Type: research

Role of angiotensin II type 2 receptor during electrophysiological remodeling of left ventricular hypertrophic myocardium in spontaneously hypertensive rats
The objective was to investigate the role of angiotensin II type 2 receptor during electrophysiological remodeling of left ventricular hypertrophic myocardium in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). A total of 36 10-week-old male SHR were divided into 3 groups: control, valsartan and valsartan+PD123319 groups (n=12 in each). The systolic blood pressure, left ventricular mass index (LVMI), ventricular effective refractory period, and ventricular fibrillation threshold (VFT) were also measured after eight weeks. (Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension)
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - October 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Xiao Ying, Long Wei-Qing, Guan Kai-Pan, Long Ming, Lu Gui-Hua, Huang Zhi-Bin Source Type: research

From the President, American Society of Hypertension
The 2017 American Society of Hypertension (ASH) Scientific Sessions were held jointly with the annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Hypertension September 14-17 in San Francisco. Over 1200 people enjoyed this inaugural conference, more than twice the attendance of last year ’s AHA Council meeting. The attendees represented the leaders in the field of hypertension including both clinical and basic science researchers, physicians, nurses, and a wide variety of trainees from undergraduate students to post-doctoral fellows and clinician-trainees at all levels. (Source: Journal of the American Soc...
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - October 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: John D. Bisognano, Jan N. Basile Source Type: research

Potassium homeostasis in health and disease: A scientific workshop cosponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and the American Society of Hypertension
While much emphasis, and some controversy, centers on recommendations for sodium intake, there has been considerably less interest in recommendations for dietary potassium intake, in both the general population and patients with medical conditions, particularly acute and chronic kidney disease. Physiology literature and cohort studies have noted that the relative balance in sodium and potassium intakes is an important determinant of many of the sodium-related outcomes. A noteworthy characteristic of potassium in clinical medicine is the extreme concern shared by many practitioners when confronted by a patient with hyperkal...
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - October 10, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Csaba P. Kovesdy, Lawrence J. Appel, Morgan E. Grams, Lisa Gutekunst, Peter A. McCullough, Biff F. Palmer, Bertram Pitt, Dominic A. Sica, Raymond R. Townsend Tags: Special Report Source Type: research

Body weight –dependent relationships between alcohol consumption and pulse pressure in middle-aged Japanese women
High pulse pressure is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and excessive alcohol drinking increases the risk of hypertension. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between alcohol intake and pulse pressure in women and to determine whether body weight influences their relationship. The subjects were 18,791 Japanese middle-aged women, and they were divided into tertile groups for body weight or three different body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) groups (low BMI (Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension)
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - October 3, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ichiro Wakabayashi Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Body weight-dependent relationships between alcohol consumption and pulse pressure in middle-aged Japanese women
High pulse pressure is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and excessive alcohol drinking increases the risk of hypertension. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the relationship between alcohol intake and pulse pressure in women and to determine whether body weight influences their relationship. The subjects were 18791 Japanese middle-aged women and they were divided into tertile groups for body weight or three different body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) groups (low BMI, (Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension)
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - October 3, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ichiro Wakabayashi Source Type: research

Editorial Board
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Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - October 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Table of Contents
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Instructions for Authors
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From the Editor
This has been a rich season for blood pressure guideline with the much-anticipated release of clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and managements of hypertension in adults and children.1,2 Future editorials and Hypertension Highlights in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension will consider in greater detail the new adult clinical practice guidelines, so I will use my Editor ’s Page to draw attention to the new pediatric guidelines. (Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension)
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - October 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Daniel Levy Tags: Editor's Page Source Type: research

Hypothyroidism as a cause of secondary hypertension - Myth dispelled
Ever since Thompson et  al.1 decades ago observed a high incidence of hypertension in myxedema, hypothyroidism has been identified as a common form of so-called secondary hypertension. Streeten al.2 found in 40 thyrotoxic patients that the induction of hypothyroidism by radioiodine therapy significantly increased diastol ic blood pressure (BP), raising it above 90 mm Hg in 16 (40%) of the patients. The restoration of euthyroidism with thyroxine administration significantly reduced the systolic and diastolic BP in these patients, with a fall in diastolic BP below 90 mm Hg in nine of 16 patients. (Source: Journal of the Ame...
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - October 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Franz H. Messerli, Louis Hofstetter, Ronald Victor, David Cerny Tags: Hypertension Highlight Source Type: research

The burden and correlates of hypertension among Chinese rural population in Han, Uygur, and Kazak:  a cross-sectional study
The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and associated risk factors of hypertension among rural population in Xinjiang Province in Northwest China. The Cardiovascular Risk Survey study was conducted on a representative sample of the Northwest China adult population. A four-stage stratified cluster random sampling scheme was adopted to recruit representative samples. The data were collected by trained staff. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify the associated risk factors. (Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension)
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - September 27, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yong-Tao Wang, Dilare Adi, Zi-Xiang Yu, Yi-Tong Ma, Yi-Ning Yang, Xiao-Mei Li, Xiang Ma, Fen Liu, Bang-Dang Chen Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Extreme Levels of Ambient Air Pollution Adversely Impact Cardiac and Central Aortic Hemodynamics: The AIRCMD-China Study
Ambient air pollution is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. However, the underlying mechanisms have yet to be fully elucidated. We performed a panel study on 65 non-smoking patients with metabolic syndrome, with four repeated clinical visits between 2012 and 2013 in Beijing, China. Cardiac and central aortic hemodynamic parameters were measured by pulse wave analyses as subendocardial viability ratio (SEVR), ejection duration and central aortic pressure. We also calculated rate-pressure product (RPP) parameter and collected peripheral blood for analyses. (Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension)
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - September 27, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Shuo Liu, Robert D. Brook, Wei Huang, Zhongjie Fan, Hongbing Xu, Rongshan Wu, Zhichao Sun, Xiaoyi Zhao, Yanping Ruan, Jianhua Yan, Lixian Sun, Ruijuan Liang, Hui Lian, Dongfeng Gu, Sanjay Rajagopalan Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

The burden and correlates of hypertension among Chinese rural population in Han, Uygur and Kazak : A cross- sectional study
The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and associated risk factors of hypertension among rural population in Xinjiang Province in northwest China. The Cardiovascular Risk Survey (CRS) study was conducted on a representative sample of the northwest China adult population. A 4-stage stratified cluster random sampling scheme was adopted to recruit representative samples. The data was collected by trained staff. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify the associated risk factors. (Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension)
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - September 27, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yong-tao Wang, Dilare Adi, Zi-xiang Yu, Yi-Tong Ma, Yi-Ning Yang, Xiao-mei Li, Xiang Ma, Fen Liu, Bang-Dang Chen Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Personal-Level Exposure to Environmental Temperature is a Superior Predictor of Endothelial-Dependent Vasodilatation than Outdoor-Ambient Level
Environmental temperatures influence cardiovascular physiology. However, the majority of time is spent indoors, making outdoor-ambient temperatures inaccurate estimates of true exposures encountered by most individuals. We evaluated in 50 healthy adults the associations between previous 7-day outdoor-ambient (4 occasions) and prior 24-hour personal-level (2 occasions) environmental temperature exposures with blood pressure, heart rate variability, sleep parameters, and endothelial-dependent vasodilatation (brachial flow-mediated dilatation [FMD]) using generalized estimating equations. (Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension)
Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - September 26, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Chinedu Ejike, Lu Wang, Mochuan Liu, Wei Wang, Masako Morishita, Robert L. Bard, Wei Huang, Jack Harkema, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Robert D. Brook Tags: Research Article Source Type: research