Fig. 1.1 JNC overview of systolic BP. To simplify the classification of hypertension, the seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood…
15. Snyder JJ, et al. Body size and outcomes on peritoneal dialysis in the United States. Kidney Int. 2003;64(5):1838–44.CrossRef 16. Johansen KL, et al. Association of body size with outcomes…
Fig. 15.1 Reference SNP associations for HTN, SBP, and DBP plotted by chromosomal location. SNP single-nucleotide polymorphism, HTN hypertension, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure Table 15.1 Overview…
Fig. 9.1 Structure of the CYT006-AngQb vaccine. The modified angiotensin II peptide is composed of the amino acid sequence of Ang Iotensin1–8 octapeptide (Angiotensin II) fused at its N-terminus to…
Fig. 8.1 Schematic representation of how baroreceptor activation therapy works. (Courtesy of CVRx Inc.) The Principle of Baroreceptor Activation Therapy Baroreceptors are located in the aortic arch and at the…
Fig. 3.1 True resistant hypertension (blue bar) and pseudoresistant hypertension (green bar) in CKD. (Adapted from Nicola et al. [31]. With permission from Elsevier) Observational studies have documented a high…
(n) %WCH Treated hypertensives [5] 12,897 21.4 Male [6] 15,212 24.2 Female [6] 13,936 32.5* Untreated hypertensives [7] 6176 29.2 a *p < 0.001 vs. males aWCH defined as ABP > 135 and/or…
LVH LVMI LV wall cIMT CV events CVA ESRD Sega et al. [3] Liu et al. [2] Sega et al. [3] Kotsis et al. [5] Bobrie et al. [10] Hara…
Central BP assessment obtained by aortic or carotid measurements Provides more accurate assessment of true BP burden of vital organs Better assessment of BP-related cardiovascular risk Arterial compliance by aortic…
Fig. 4.1 Office BP values at follow-up. Changes in average office BP (a) and mean decrease in office BP (b) at follow-up. Error bars represent SDs. *P < 0.001 versus baseline (before…
