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  1. Weekly Journal Scan: a ‘thousand-mile’ journey in obesity-related heart failure treatment begins with a few STEPs
  2. Weekly Journal Scan: improved renal outcomes by semaglutide in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes in FLOW trial
  3. Advances in nucleic acid-targeted therapies for cardiovascular disease prevention
  4. “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research activities: A survey of the largest Italian academic community”
  5. Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Metabolically Healthy Overweight or Obese Adults: Role of LDL-Cholesterol in the Stratification of Risk
  6. Weekly Journal Scan: do we need beta-blockers after myocardial infarction with preserved ejection fraction?
  7. Serum Uric Acid, Hypertriglyceridemia, and Carotid Plaques: A Sub-Analysis of the URic Acid Right for Heart Health (URRAH) Study
  8. Weekly Journal Scan: a novel RNA-based approach to the treatment of hypertriglyceridaemia
  9. Discontinuation of renin–angiotensin system inhibitors brings no benefits in severe chronic kidney disease
  10. Weekly journal scan: every breath you take, air pollution impacts your cardiovascular health
  11. Weekly journal scan: excess incidence of unexpected health outcomes following myocardial infarction—broader paths for secondary prevention
  12. Obesity: an overlooked player in cardiological practice and the need for urgent action
  13. Weekly journal scan: a hard RAFTing to improve long-term survival in heart failure with severely reduced ejection fraction
  14. Persistent increase of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in COVID-19 patients: a 3-year population-based analysis
  15. Weekly journal scan: a new small-interfering RNA to fight a genetic cardiovascular risk factor
  16. Lowering dietary sodium intake to reduce blood pressure: cum grano salis
  17. Obesity and Overweight: The “Elephant in the Room” That We can No Longer Ignore: Time to SELECT Treatments
  18. A new RNA-interference based strategy is associated with mild beneficial effects in patients with heart failure due to cardiac amyloidosis
  19. β1-Adrenergic receptor stimulation modulates immune response in cancer: a role for β-blockers in antineoplastic treatment?
  20. The Emerging Role of Prediabetes and Its Management: Focus on l-Arginine and a Survey in Clinical Practice
  21. Breaking down barriers to transcatheter aortic-valve implantation in low surgical risk patients
  22. Optical coherence tomography to guide percutaneous coronary intervention: is the glass half full or half empty?
  23. More on aldosterone biosynthesis inhibition and resistant hypertension: a Phase-2 study with lorundrostat
  24. Atrial fibrillation ablation improves outcomes in patients with end-stage heart failure: is it all gold the glitter in the CASTLE?
  25. Light the FIRE of revascularization in older patients with myocardial infarction
  26. The promise of a new orally active body weight reducer
  27. The revolution of beat-to-beat wireless bidirectional communication between intra-cardiac devices
  28. New evidence supporting haemodynamics-guided remote management of congestion in heart failure
  29. Cardiovascular risk and the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective observational study in a population of healthcare professionals
  30. Artificial intelligence in echocardiography: a better alternative to the human eye?
  31. 24 Hour blood pressure monitoring is a better predictor of mortality than clinic blood pressure in a large cohort of primary care patients: what is the impact on clinical practice?
  32. Coffee drinking and cardiac ectopic beats: Black or White?
  33. Bempedoic acid: a CLEAR therapeutic option for statin-intolerant patients?
  34. Higher hospital readmissions in blacks after acute myocardial infarction: healthcare inequality gaps to fill in secondary prevention
  35. An Expert Opinion on the Role of the Rosuvastatin/Amlodipine Single Pill Fixed Dose Combination in Cardiovascular Prevention
  36. TRANSFORM-HF closes the loop on diuretic therapy in heart failure
  37. Improving care for heart failure patients by COACHing clinicians to use decision-support tools
  38. The ‘cold case’ of chlortalidone vs. hydrochlorothiazide in hypertension closed by the diuretic comparison project?
  39. What if flu vaccination is the most responsible thing to do for cardiovascular health in the upcoming season?
  40. Influenza vaccine for heart failure patients in low- and middle-income countries: another piece in the puzzle
  41. Endocrine functions of the heart: from bench to bedside
  42. The promise of selective aldosterone synthase inhibition for the management of resistant hypertension
  43. A gender issue in the diagnostic imaging work-up of stable coronary artery disease? Insights from DISCHARGE
  44. Prevention of cardiorenal damage: importance of albuminuria
  45. Protection and delay of aortic complications in the Marfan syndrome: a new indication for angiotensin receptor blockers on top of β blockers
  46. Benefits of SGLT2i in heart failure across a broad range of ejection fractions: new opportunities and future challenges
  47. Fractional flow reserve or intravascular ultrasound for guiding percutaneous coronary intervention of intermediate coronary stenoses? Sometimes apples and oranges have the same FLAVOUR
  48. From the management of altitude sickness to treatment of congestion in acute heart failure: a new season for acetazolamide?
  49. SGLT2 inhibitors DELIVER benefits in heart failure independently of ejection fraction and diabetes: end of the line or need for new studies?
  50. Combination of ezetimibe and moderate-intensity statin for patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a paradigm shift in lipid management landscape
  51. One-shot thrombolysis for the management of acute ischaemic stroke
  52. Atrial fibrosis detected by cardiac magnetic resonance in persistent atrial fibrillation: a useful risk stratifier but not ideal electrophysiological endpoint for catheter ablation
  53. Deciphering a decision support tool (CoDE-HF) to improve the diagnosis of acute heart failure
  54. Diastolic Blood Pressure Levels and Cardiovascular Risk in Elderly Women: The Need for a Personalized Approach
  55. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers in the Management of Hypertension: A Real-World Perspective and Current Recommendations
  56. The UK TAVI trial: an independent, pragmatic study extending the evidence for the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic stenosis
  57. Long lasting effects of renal denervation: lights and shadows of the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED 3-year follow-up
  58. Treatment of mild hypertension improves pregnancy outcomes
  59. Detection of risk factors in childhood: a new perspective in cardiovascular prevention
  60. The DISCHARGE trial: imaging a new strategy for the clinical management of stable chest pain?
  61. SARS-CoV-2 infection markedly increases long-term cardiovascular risk
  62. Unloading left heart with a shunt device shows no benefits in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction but supports the importance of phenotyping patients in clinical trials
  63. Correction to: Updated Recommendations on Cardiovascular Prevention in 2022: An Executive Document of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Prevention
  64. Percutaneous coronary intervention vs. coronary artery bypass graft for left main coronary artery disease: a never-ending debate
  65. Drugs may worsen blood pressure control: focus on the underestimated role of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  66. Myocarditis after BNT162b2 mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: low incidence and mild severity
  67. Updated Recommendations on Cardiovascular Prevention in 2022: An Executive Document of the Italian Society of Cardiovascular Prevention
  68. Blood pressure lowering drugs differ in their capacity to prevent type 2 diabetes
  69. PARADISE-MI suggests a limited role of intensified neuro-hormonal inhibition in the management of acute myocardial infarction with reduced ejection fraction
  70. Home Blood Pressure and Telemedicine: A Modern Approach for Managing Hypertension During and After COVID-19 Pandemic
  71. Novel ANP (Atrial Natriuretic Peptide)-Based Therapy for Hypertension: The Promising Role of a Disease Mechanism Targeted Approach
  72. Age-independent benefits of blood pressure lowering: are they applicable to all patients?
  73. Implantable recorders and systematic atrial fibrillation detection do not outperform standard of care in stroke prevention in the LOOP study
  74. VANISHing the progression of cardiac abnormalities in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with early use of valsartan?
  75. Computed tomography coronary angiography in acute chest pain: an excellent diagnostic tool with poor added value on clinical outcomes
  76. Targeting Cyclic Guanylate Monophosphate in Resistant Hypertension and Heart Failure: Are Sacubitril/Valsartan and Vericiguat Synergistic and Effective in Both Conditions?
  77. Quadruple combination of quarter doses of blood pressure-lowering agents: a string QUARTET in the symphony of hypertension management?
  78. FIGARO-DKD adds new evidence to the cardiovascular benefits of finerenone across the spectrum of patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease
  79. Another STEP towards tighter control of blood pressure in the elderly
  80. The EMPEROR-Preserved study: end of the search for the “Phoenix” or beginning of a new season for trials in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
  81. The cardiovascular benefits of statins outweigh adverse effects in primary prevention: results of a large systematic review and meta-analysis
  82. An inflammatory ageing clock to detect cardiovascular and other age-related diseases: a new approach to preventive medicine
  83. Repurposing Cardio-Metabolic Drugs to Fight Covid19
  84. A ‘Once-and-Done’ Approach to the Lifelong Reduction of Elevated Cholesterol
  85. Hypertension Management and Control in Italy: A Real-World Survey in Elderly Patients
  86. Sacubitril/valsartan for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and resistant hypertension: one shot for a double strike?
  87. A newly designed glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist reduces cardiovascular and renal events in high-risk type 2 diabetes
  88. Exploring RNA biomarkers in patients with acute myocarditis
  89. Worsening of risk factor control in US diabetic patients: a call to action
  90. The key role of blood pressure lowering in cardiovascular prevention irrespective of baseline blood pressure and risk profile
  91. A SPRINT towards tighter control of blood pressure in hypertension
  92. The increased mortality of STEMI patients without risk factors supports the need for evidence-based pharmacotherapy irrespective of perceived low risk
  93. Glycaemicindex: an emergent global silent killer for the heart
  94. Unhealthy lifestyles mediate only a small proportion of the socioeconomic inequalities’ impact on cardiovascular outcomes in US and UK adults: a call for action for social cardiology
  95. Vulnerable non-culprit coronary plaques: are they worth treating?
  96. Hypertension, a Moving Target in COVID-19
  97. Cryoblation as first-line treatment of new-onset atrial fibrillation?
  98. Usefulness of the corporate wellness projects in primary prevention at the population level: a study on the prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension in the Ferrari company
  99. ARB-Based Combination Therapy for the Clinical Management of Hypertension and Hypertension-Related Comorbidities: A Spotlight on Their Use in COVID-19 Patients
  100. The value of sotagliflozin in patients with diabetes and heart failure detracted by an unexpected ending
  101. Glucocorticoids in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a neglected cardiovascular risk factor
  102. Prevalence and clinical characteristics of isolated systolic hypertension in young: analysis of 24 h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring database
  103. PCSK9 inhibition: Not just LDL-Cholesterol knock down: A glimmer for cancer
  104. Iron heart
  105. Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with COVID-19 Infection: The Results of the SARS-RAS Study of the Italian Society of Hypertension
  106. The REDUCE-IT verdict on eicosapentaenoic acid and cardiovascular outcome challenged with STRENGTH
  107. Aldosterone receptor antagonism in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease: new promises and old problems
  108. Cardiometabolic phenotype of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction as a target of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide receptor agonists
  109. Do VERTIS-CV trial results question a class-effect of cardiovascular protection with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors?
  110. The second life of the ambiguous angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 as a predictive biomarker for cardiometabolic diseases and death
  111. Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Handle With Care–Comment on the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Cardiac Epidemiologic Registry
  112. Decline in blood pressure control trends in the US: a real step back: Comment on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data
  113. Age and Multimorbidity Predict Death Among COVID-19 Patients
  114. Genes and hypertension: stepping into the secret through the arterial wall
  115. Epidemiological Impact and Clinical Consequences of Masked Hypertension: A Narrative Review
  116. Might renin–angiotensin system blockers play a role in the COVID-19 pandemic?
  117. New approach to blood pressure control: Triple combination pill
  118. Blood Pressure Targets Achievement According to 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines in Three European Excellence Centers for Hypertension
  119. Effects of dual inhibition of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system on cardiovascular and renal outcomes: balancing the risks and the benefits
  120. Conventional and new electrocardiographic criteria for hypertension‐mediated cardiac organ damage: A narrative review
  121. Antihypertensive drugs and the risks of cancer: More fakes than facts
  122. Excess of dyslipidemia in low income countries: The case of Colombia in the PURE study
  123. Arterial hypertension in cancer: The elephant in the room
  124. Natriuretic peptides in heart failure: Current achievements and future perspectives
  125. Tales in Cardiology
  126. The “hidden side of the moon” in hypertension: When and why is dangerous low diastolic blood pressure?
  127. Highlights of ESC/ESH 2018 Guidelines on the Management of Hypertension: What Every Doctor Should Know
  128. Response to letter from Madias regarding our article “Admission heart rate and in-hospital course of patients with Takotsubo syndrome”
  129. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Versus Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors for the Treatment of Arterial Hypertension and the Role of Olmesartan
  130. Admission heart rate and in-hospital course of patients with Takotsubo syndrome
  131. Management of arterial hypertension with angiotensin receptor blockers: Current evidence and the role of olmesartan
  132. Hyperglycaemia-induced epigenetic changes drive persistent cardiac dysfunction via the adaptor p66Shc
  133. Role of oxidative stress in the process of vascular remodeling following coronary revascularization
  134. Executive Summary of the 2018 Joint Consensus Document on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Italy
  135. What's HIV got to do with cardiovascular disease?
  136. Lifestyle and cardiovascular disease: Barefooting through the guidelines
  137. Search of multiple markers of organ damage for better cardiovascular risk stratification in hypertension: Role of “SHATS” syndrome in the clinical practice
  138. Fifteen years of LIFE (Losartan Intervention for Endpoint Reduction in Hypertension)—Lessons learned for losartan: An “old dog playing good tricks”
  139. Effects of different statin types and dosages on systolic/diastolic blood pressure: Retrospective analysis of 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure database
  140. Inflammatory residual risk: An emerging target to reduce cardiovascular disease?
  141. Is early and fast blood pressure control important in hypertension management?
  142. Epigenetics and cardiovascular regenerative medicine in the elderly
  143. Personalised Single-Pill Combination Therapy in Hypertensive Patients: An Update of a Practical Treatment Platform
  144. Calcium Channel Blockers for the Clinical Management of Hypertension
  145. Olmesartan vs ramipril in the treatment of hypertension and associated clinical conditions in the elderly: a reanalysis of two large double-blind, randomized studies at the light of the most recent blood pressure targets recommended by guidelines [Corr...
  146. Cardiovascular disease in women with HIV-1 infection
  147. Monotherapy and Dual Combination Therapies Based on Olmesartan: A Comprehensive Strategy to Improve Blood Pressure Control
  148. Triple Combination Therapies Based on Olmesartan: A Personalized Therapeutic Approach to Improve Blood Pressure Control
  149. Aspirin and the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases: An Approach Based on Individualized, Integrated Estimation of Risk
  150. 2017 Position Paper of the Italian Society for Cardiovascular Prevention (SIPREC) for an Updated Clinical Management of Hypercholesterolemia and Cardiovascular Risk: Executive Document
  151. Hypertension Across the Atlantic: A Sprint or a Marathon?
  152. A Decrease of Brain MicroRNA-122 Level Is an Early Marker of Cerebrovascular Disease in the Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat
  153. Uncoupling Protein 2: A Key Player and a Potential Therapeutic Target in Vascular Diseases
  154. Restrictive cardiomyopathy and pseudoxanthoma elasticum skin lesions
  155. The Age of Nutraceuticals: Exploring New Therapeutic Targets
  156. New Opportunities for Monitoring Blood Pressure Control and Awareness in the Population: Insights from 12-Year Editions of the World Hypertension Day
  157. Prevalence and control of hypertension in the general practice in Italy: updated analysis of a large database
  158. T2238C ANP gene variant and risk of recurrent acute coronary syndromes in an Italian cohort of ischemic heart disease patients
  159. Erythropoiesis‐stimulating agents in heart failure: leave it or re‐take it?
  160. Olmesartan vs ramipril in the treatment of hypertension and associated clinical conditions in the elderly: a reanalysis of two large double blind, randomized studies at the light of the most recent blood pressure targets recommended by guidelines
  161. Electrocardiographic evolution in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who develop a left ventricular apical aneurysm
  162. Clinical management of patients with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk in specialised centers and in general practice. Analysis from an Italian Survey Questionnaire
  163. Blood Pressure Levels at the Time of Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization and Risk of Coronary In-Stent Restenosis
  164. Eligibility for the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  165. Hypertension in Young People: Epidemiology, Diagnostic Assessment and Therapeutic Approach
  166. Effects of Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Antibodies in Adults With Hypercholesterolemia
  167. Protective effects of Brassica oleracea sprouts extract toward renal damage in high-salt-fed SHRSP
  168. Different strategies from monotherapies to dual or triple fixed dose combination therapies to achieve blood pressure goals: a summary of a satellite symposium from the European Society of Hypertension
  169. Transfemoral approach with systematic use of FemoSeal™ closure device compared to transradial approach in primary angioplasty
  170. Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Neprilysin Inhibitor (ARNI): New Avenues in Cardiovascular Therapy
  171. Ezetimibe Added to Statin Therapy after Acute Coronary Syndromes
  172. Attitudes and preferences for the clinical management of patients with hypertension and hypertension with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Italy: main results of a survey questionnaire
  173. Proceedings from the European clinical consensus conference for renal denervation: considerations on future clinical trial design: Figure 1
  174. Shooting vascular oxidative stress: new hopes for stroke patients?: Figure 1
  175. In Memory of Professor John H. Laragh
  176. An update on hypertensive emergencies and urgencies
  177. An easy and reproducible parameter for the assessment of the pressure gradient in patients with aortic stenosis disease: A magnetic resonance study
  178. RyR2 Common Gene Variant G1886S and the Risk of Ventricular Arrhythmias in ICD Patients with Heart Failure
  179. Cardiovascular Prevention: The Role of Second Generation of Nutraceuticals
  180. Blood Pressure Control versus Atrial Fibrillation Management in Stroke Prevention
  181. Integrated Preclinical Cardiovascular Prevention: A New Paradigm to Face Growing Challenges of Cardiovascular Disease
  182. Reducing Cardiovascular and Cancer Risk: How to Address Global Primary Prevention in Clinical Practice
  183. mTORC2 Regulates Cardiac Response to Stress by Inhibiting MST1
  184. Managing hypertension after acute coronary syndrome
  185. Hypovitaminosis D and Organ Damage In Patients With Arterial Hypertension: A Multicenter Double Blind Randomised Controlled Trial of Cholecalciferol Supplementation (HYPODD)
  186. A Novel Electrocardiographic T-Wave Measurement (Tp-Te Interval) as a Predictor of Heart Abnormalities in Hypertension: A New Opportunity for First-Line Electrocardiographic Evaluation
  187. Does Sex Affect Anticoagulant Use for Stroke Prevention in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation?: The Prospective Global Anticoagulant Registry in the FIELD-Atrial Fibrillation
  188. Blood pressure levels and control in Italy: comprehensive analysis of clinical data from 2000–2005 and 2005–2011 hypertension surveys
  189. Adverse Epigenetic Signatures by Histone Methyltransferase Set7 Contribute to Vascular Dysfunction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  190. Impact of Hypertension on Global Cardiovascular Risk Stratification: Analysis of a Large Cohort of Outpatient Population in Italy
  191. Combination Therapy for the Clinical Management of Hypertension
  192. Pathogenesis of Target Organ Damage in Hypertension: Role of Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress
  193. Attitudes and preferences for the clinical management of hypertension and hypertension-related cardiac disease in general practice: results of the Italian Hypertension and Heart Survey
  194. Role of NADPH oxidase in the regulation of autophagy in cardiomyocytes
  195. An atypical clinical presentation of renovascular hypertension
  196. The C2238/αANP Variant Is a Negative Modulator of Both Viability and Function of Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells
  197. Calcium Channel Blockers and Hypertension
  198. Evaluation of microvascular structure in humans
  199. High natriuretic peptide levels and low DBP
  200. Effects of a Long-Term Treatment With Aliskiren or Ramipril on Structural Alterations of Subcutaneous Small-Resistance Arteries of Diabetic Hypertensive Patients
  201. Natriuretic peptides and cardio-renal disease
  202. P‐Wave Duration in Lead aVR and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertension
  203. Cardiovascular health in migrants
  204. Clinical Impact of Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia Recorded by the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  205. Impact of the Direct Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Stimulation on Renal Function
  206. Serum uric acid and its relationship with metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk profile in patients with hypertension: Insights from the I-DEMAND study
  207. Erratum to: National Survey on Excellence Centers and Reference Centers for Hypertension Diagnosis and Treatment: Geographical Distribution, Medical Facilities and Diagnostic Opportunities
  208. Prognostic value of serum uric acid
  209. α 2A -Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphism Potentiates Platelet Reactivity in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease Carrying the Cytochrome P450 2C19*2 Genetic Variant
  210. Targeting prolyl-isomerase Pin1 prevents mitochondrial oxidative stress and vascular dysfunction: insights in patients with diabetes
  211. Revisiting the Relationship Between Blood Pressure and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1
  212. Reducing therapeutic inertia to improve blood pressure control
  213. Open-Label Study Assessing the Long-term Efficacy and Safety of Triple Olmesartan/Amlodipine/Hydrochlorothiazide Combination Therapy for Hypertension
  214. Erratum to: ARB-Based Single-Pill Platform to Guide a Practical Therapeutic Approach to Hypertensive Patients
  215. Atrial natriuretic peptide gene variants and circulating levels: implications in cardiovascular diseases
  216. A guide for easy- and difficult-to-treat hypertension
  217. Neuroadrenergic disarray in pseudo-resistant and resistant hypertension
  218. The p66Shc adapter protein regulates the morphogenesis and epithelial maturation of fetal mouse lungs
  219. ARB-Based Single-Pill Platform to Guide a Practical Therapeutic Approach to Hypertensive Patients
  220. Angiotensin Receptor Antagonists to Prevent Sudden Death in Heart Failure: Does the Dose Matter?
  221. Polypharmacy in Heart Failure Patients
  222. Novel α-galactosidase A mutation in patients with severe cardiac manifestations of Fabry disease
  223. Regional differences in sympathetic activation in lean and obese normotensive individuals with obstructive sleep apnoea
  224. NOX4 regulates autophagy during energy deprivation
  225. Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Signaling in Cardiac Physiology and Disease
  226. Osteopontin and Galectin-3 Predict the Risk of Ventricular Tachycardia and Fibrillation in Heart Failure Patients with Implantable Defibrillators
  227. Olmesartan vs. Ramipril in Elderly Hypertensive Patients: Review of Data from Two Published Randomized, Double-Blind Studies
  228. New Insights into the Role of Mitochondrial Dynamics and Autophagy during Oxidative Stress and Aging in the Heart
  229. Erythropoietin in cardiac disease
  230. National Survey on Excellence Centers and Reference Centers for Hypertension Diagnosis and Treatment: Geographical Distribution, Medical Facilities and Diagnostic Opportunities
  231. Pathogenesis of Chronic Cardiorenal Syndrome: Is There a Role for Oxidative Stress?
  232. Diagnosis and treatment of resistant hypertension
  233. Natriuretic peptides in cardiovascular diseases: current use and perspectives
  234. Olmesartan in the Treatment of Hypertension in Elderly Patients: a Review of the Primary Evidence
  235. Clinical Management of Patients with Hypertension and High Cardiovascular Risk
  236. Alogliptin after Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
  237. Epigenetic signatures and vascular risk in type 2 diabetes: A clinical perspective
  238. Growth factors in preeclampsia: A vascular disease model. A failed vasodilation and angiogenic challenge from pregnancy onwards?
  239. The effects of pregnancy on right ventricular remodeling in women with repaired tetralogy of Fallot
  240. Common genetic variants in selected Ca2+ signaling genes and the risk of appropriate ICD interventions in patients with heart failure
  241. Effect of aliskiren on post-discharge outcomes among diabetic and non-diabetic patients hospitalized for heart failure: insights from the ASTRONAUT trial
  242. Effects of atorvastatin and rosuvastatin on renal function: A meta-analysis
  243. Arterial thrombotic events and acute coronary syndromes with cancer drugs: Are growth factors the missed link?
  244. Preclinical effects of healthy obesity on inappropriate left ventricular mass and systolic function
  245. Clinical Management of Resistant Hypertension
  246. Clinical Management of Coronary Heart Disease in Hypertension
  247. Diet and Kidney Disease in High-Risk Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  248. Hypertension and kidneys: unraveling complex molecular mechanisms underlying hypertensive renal damage
  249. 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
  250. Atrial natriuretic peptide and regulation of vascular function in hypertension and heart failure
  251. Strategies to improve control of blood pressure in hypertension: moving towards a 70% objective
  252. SIRT1, p66Shc, and Set7/9 in Vascular Hyperglycemic Memory: Bringing All the Strands Together
  253. Lack of protective role of HDL-C in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting
  254. Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy
  255. C2238 Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Molecular Variant Is Associated With Endothelial Damage and Dysfunction Through Natriuretic Peptide Receptor C Signaling
  256. The direct renin inhibitor aliskiren improves vascular remodelling in transgenic rats harbouring human renin and angiotensinogen genes
  257. Follow-up, study design and outcome parameters
  258. Simultaneous Takotsubo syndrome in two sisters
  259. Renin-angiotensin system blockers increase risk of angio-oedema
  260. Expert consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology on catheter-based renal denervation
  261. The Pamela Study: Main Findings and Perspectives
  262. NT-proAtrial Natriuretic Peptide as a possible biomarker of cardiopulmonary involvement in sarcoidosis
  263. Relation between right and left ventricular function in patients undergoing chronic dialysis
  264. Effect of Aliskiren on Postdischarge Mortality and Heart Failure Readmissions Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure
  265. Deletion of the Activated Protein-1 Transcription Factor JunD Induces Oxidative Stress and Accelerates Age-Related Endothelial Dysfunction
  266. 2012 Consensus Document of the Italian Society of Hypertension (SIIA): Strategies to Improve Blood Pressure Control in Italy
  267. Olmesartan-based therapies
  268. MELD-XI score and cardiac mortality or transplantation in patients after Fontan surgery
  269. Differential Modulation of Uncoupling Protein 2 in Kidneys of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Under High-Salt/Low-Potassium Diet
  270. Transcatheter Closure of Post-myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septal Rupture
  271. Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism of the NPR3 gene promoter with early onset ischemic stroke in an Italian cohort
  272. Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Patients with Nonfamilial Structural Atrial Fibrillation
  273. Involvement of Health Professionals: From the General Practitioner to the Hypertension Specialist and the Hypertension Center
  274. Plasma Renin and Cardiovascular Risk: What Is the Evidence for an Association?
  275. Cardiorenal End Points in a Trial of Aliskiren for Type 2 Diabetes
  276. Antihypertensive Efficacy of Olmesartan Medoxomil and Ramipril in Elderly Patients with Mild to Moderate Hypertension Grouped According to Renal Function Status
  277. Renal Artery Denervation for Treating Resistant Hypertension
  278. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Evaluation of the Impact of Interventricular and Intraventricular Dyssynchrony on Cardiac Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function in Patients With Isolated Left Bundle Branch Block
  279. Sex differences in hypertension-related renal and cardiovascular diseases in Italy
  280. Omega-3 in Antiarrhythmic Therapy
  281. Triple combination therapy to improve blood pressure control: experience with olmesartan–amlodipine–hydrochlorothiazide therapy
  282. Antihypertensive Efficacy and Safety of Olmesartan Medoxomil and Ramipril in Elderly Mild to Moderate Essential Hypertensive Patients With or Without Metabolic Syndrome
  283. QRS duration and QRS fractionation on surface electrocardiogram are markers of right ventricular dysfunction and atrialization in patients with Ebstein anomaly
  284. Determinants of peak oxygen uptake in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a single-center study
  285. Prasugrel versus Clopidogrel for Acute Coronary Syndromes without Revascularization
  286. Global Cardiovascular Risk Management in Primary Prevention
  287. Shooting beyond score
  288. Do diabetes, metabolic syndrome or their association equally affect biventricular function? A tissue Doppler study
  289. A Survey on Blood Pressure Levels and Hypertension Control in a Sample of the Italian General Population
  290. Pharmacological Modulation of Autophagy During Cardiac Stress
  291. Is reactivation of autophagy a possible therapeutic solution for obesity and metabolic syndrome?
  292. Dual RAAS suppression: recent developments and implications in light of the ALTITUDE study
  293. Efficacy and Safety of Triple Antihypertensive Therapy with the Olmesartan/Amlodipine/Hydrochlorothiazide Combination
  294. Global cardiovascular risk management in different Italian regions: An analysis of the evaluation of final feasible effect of control training and ultra sensitisation (EFFECTUS) educational program
  295. Preventing cardiovascular events with angiotensin II receptor blockers: a closer look at telmisartan and valsartan
  296. Gene Silencing of the Mitochondrial Adaptor p66 Shc Suppresses Vascular Hyperglycemic Memory in Diabetes
  297. Non-Invasive Diagnostic Testing for Coronary Artery Disease in the Hypertensive Patient: Potential Advantages of a Risk Estimation-Based Algorithm
  298. Twenty-four hour and early morning blood pressure control of olmesartan vs. ramipril in elderly hypertensive patients
  299. Assessment of flow-mediated dilation reproducibility
  300. Prospective appraisal of the prevalence of primary aldosteronism in hypertensive patients presenting with atrial flutter or fibrillation (PAPPHY Study): rationale and study design
  301. Rationale for triple fixed-dose combination therapy with an angiotensin II receptor blocker, a calcium channel blocker, and a thiazide diuretic
  302. An Observational, Prospective, Open-Label, Multicentre Evaluation of Aliskiren in Treated, Uncontrolled Patients
  303. An Observational, Prospective, Open-Label, Multicentre Evaluation of Aliskiren in Treated, Uncontrolled Patients
  304. Blood pressure control in Italy
  305. Cardiovascular risk assessment beyond Systemic Coronary Risk Estimation
  306. The clinical relevance of dysfunctional HDL in patients with coronary artery disease: A 3-year follow-up study
  307. Influence of rs5065 Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Gene Variant on Coronary Artery Disease
  308. Circulating biomarkers with preventive, diagnostic and prognostic implications in cardiovascular diseases
  309. Increased temporal dispersion of myocardial repolarization in myotonic dystrophy Type 1
  310. Microalbuminuria independently correlates to cardiovascular comorbidity burden in patients with hypertension
  311. Inhibition of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system
  312. Renin as a biomarker of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice
  313. Rheb is a Critical Regulator of Autophagy During Myocardial Ischemia
  314. New treatment options in the management of hypertension: appraising the potential role of azilsartan medoxomil
  315. NT-proANP circulating level is a prognostic marker in stable ischemic heart disease
  316. Population based strategy for dietary salt intake reduction: Italian initiatives in the European framework
  317. The Changing Role of Hypertension Societies
  318. Pathophysiology of biventricular dysfunction during hemodialysis: Emerging concepts
  319. Eplerenone works. Does it matter how?
  320. Hypertension Control and Cardiometabolic Risk: A Regional Perspective
  321. Angiotensin receptor blockers: clinical relevance and new opportunities
  322. Considerations for early acute myocardial infarction rule-out for emergency department chest pain patients: the case of copeptin
  323. Lack of Influence of the Androgen Receptor Gene CAG-Repeat Polymorphism on Clinical and Electrocardiographic Manifestations of the Brugada Syndrome in Man
  324. Use of aliskiren in a ‘real-life’ model of hypertension management
  325. Depression is associated with increased occurrence of left ventricle concentric geometry in older subjects independently of blood pressure levels
  326. Plasma osteopontin reveals left ventricular reverse remodelling following cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure
  327. Should all patients at high cardiovascular risk receive renin-angiotensin system blockers?
  328. Effect of canrenone on left ventricular mechanics in patients with mild systolic heart failure and metabolic syndrome: The AREA-in-CHF study
  329. Relation between serum sodium levels and prognosis in outpatients with chronic heart failure
  330. Aminoterminal natriuretic peptides and cardiovascular risk in an Italian male adult cohort
  331. Redefining Blood Pressure Targets in High-Risk Patients?: Lessons From Coronary Endpoints in Recent Randomized Clinical Trials
  332. Physical activity is inversely associated with microalbuminuria in hypertensive patients at high cardiovascular risk: data from I-SEARCH
  333. Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on the Clinical Management of Global Cardiovascular Risk: Analysis of the Results of the Evaluation of Final Feasible Effect of Control Training and Ultra Sensitization (EFFECTUS) Educational Program
  334. Modern Clinical Management of Arterial Hypertension
  335. Direct Renin Inhibition
  336. Is there any memory effect of blood pressure lowering in diabetes?
  337. Angiotensin receptor modulation and cardiovascular remodeling
  338. Unexpectedly low mutation rates in beta‐myosin heavy chain and cardiac myosin binding protein genes in italian patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  339. Differential Roles of GSK-3β During Myocardial Ischemia and Ischemia/Reperfusion
  340. Molecular mechanisms underlying cardiac antihypertrophic and antifibrotic effects of natriuretic peptides
  341. Aminoterminal natriuretic peptide as a determinant of PAI‐1 levels in a sample of the adult male Italian population
  342. Fixed-combination therapy to improve blood pressure control: experience with olmesartan-based therapy
  343. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a case of cholesterol crystal embolization
  344. Prevalence and Correlates of Echocardiographic Left Atrial Enlargement in Hypertensive Outpatients in Clinical Practice
  345. Prevalence of ‘Borderline’ Values of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Clinical Practice of General Medicine in Italy
  346. High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention is now on MEDLINE
  347. Impact of dialysis modality on the appropriateness of left ventricular mass in patients with end-stage renal disease
  348. Impact of physicians’ age on the clinical management of global cardiovascular risk: analysis of the results of the Evaluation of Final Feasible Effect of Control Training and Ultra Sensitisation Educational Programme
  349. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers and Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials
  350. End-Organ Protection in Patients with Hypertension
  351. Metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease in high-risk Italian hypertensive patients: the I-DEMAND study
  352. Antihypertensive Therapy in Diabetes: The Legacy Effect and RAAS Blockade
  353. Antihypertensive Treatment and Development of Heart Failure in Hypertension
  354. Network Meta-analysis of Heart Failure Prevention by Antihypertensive Drugs—Reply
  355. Aortic root dilatation in hypertensive patients: A multicenter survey in echocardiographic practice
  356. Olmesartan medoxomil for the treatment of hypertension in children and adolescents
  357. An Analysis of the Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Routine Clinical Practice in Italy
  358. 2010 Position Paper of the Italian Society of Hypertension (SIIA)
  359. Angiotensin type 2 receptor in hypertensive cardiovascular disease
  360. Chronic Kidney Disease in the Hypertensive Patient
  361. Reply
  362. Hypertension and migraine comorbidity: prevalence and risk of cerebrovascular events: evidence from a large, multicenter, cross-sectional survey in Italy (MIRACLES study)
  363. IGF-1 and atherothrombosis: relevance to pathophysiology and therapy
  364. Early cardiac abnormalities and increased C-reactive protein levels in a cohort of children with sleep disordered breathing
  365. Vascular Inflammation and Endothelial Dysfunction in Experimental Hypertension
  366. 2009 SIPREC Consensus Document – Executive Summary
  367. Low-dose angiotensin receptor blockers as an alternative to ACE-inhibitors increase the risk of appropriate ICD interventions in heart failure
  368. Antihypertensive efficacy and safety of olmesartan medoxomil and ramipril in elderly patients with mild to moderate essential hypertension: the ESPORT study
  369. Prediction of Long‐Term Survival in Chronic Heart Failure by Multiple Biomarker Assessment: A 15‐Year Prospective Follow‐Up Study
  370. Twisting arms to angiotensin receptor blockers/antagonists: the turn of cancer
  371. Predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence with circulating inflammatory markers in patients in sinus rhythm at high risk for atrial fibrillation: data from the GISSI atrial fibrillation trial
  372. Erythropoietin and the heart: facts and perspectives
  373. NT-proANP/ANP is a Determinant of Vascular Damage in Humans
  374. Rethinking targets of blood pressure and guidelines for hypertension clinical management
  375. Determinants of N-terminal proatrial natriuretic peptide plasma levels in a survey of adult male population from Southern Italy
  376. No association between chromosome 12p13 single nucleotide polymorphisms and early‐onset ischemic stroke
  377. Smoking is associated with a high prevalence of microalbuminuria in hypertensive high-risk patients: data from I-SEARCH
  378. NPR-C: a component of the natriuretic peptide family with implications in human diseases
  379. Cardiovascular Prevention in Subjects with Impaired Fasting Glucose or Impaired Glucose Tolerance
  380. Challenging hypertension: how to diagnose and treat resistant hypertension in daily clinical practice
  381. A Global Perspective on Blood Pressure Treatment and Control in a Referred Cohort of Hypertensive Patients
  382. Letter by Assenza et al Regarding Article, “Electrocardiographic Features of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia”
  383. The cardiovascular continuum refined: A hypothesis
  384. Hypertension as an Underlying Factor in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
  385. Dynamic electrocardiographic changes in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
  386. Use of Electronic Support for Implementing Global Cardiovascular Risk Management
  387. Association of renal damage with cardiovascular diseases is independent of individual cardiovascular risk profile in hypertension: data from the Italy-Developing Education and awareness on MicroAlbuminuria in patients with hypertensive Disease study
  388. The challenge of polypharmacy in cardiovascular medicine
  389. Chronic kidney disease in hypertension under specialist care: the I-DEMAND study
  390. Early-onset ischaemic stroke: Analysis of 58 polymorphisms in 17 genes involved in methionine metabolism
  391. Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
  392. Association of physicians’ accuracy in recording with quality of care in cardiovascular medicine
  393. Extracellular Matrix Remodelling in Myocardial Hypertrophy and Failure
  394. Natriuretic peptides and cardiovascular damage in the metabolic syndrome: molecular mechanisms and clinical implications
  395. Effects of high-dose versus low-dose losartan on clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HEAAL study): a randomised, double-blind trial
  396. Modern cardiovascular risk management in clinical practice
  397. Alzheimer’s disease and endothelial dysfunction
  398. Antihypertensive drug therapy and blood pressure control in men and women: an international perspective
  399. Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
  400. Human coronary atherosclerosis modulates cardiac natriuretic peptide release
  401. Reactive oxygen species-mediated effects on vascular remodeling induced by human atrial natriuretic peptide T2238C molecular variant in endothelial cells in vitro
  402. A case of thrombolysis in acute pulmonary embolism with right atrial thrombus: comparing current and past guidelines
  403. European Perspectives
  404. Can primary care professionals’ adherence to Evidence Based Medicine tools improve quality of care in Type 2 diabetes mellitus? A systematic review
  405. p66Shc protein, oxidative stress, and cardiovascular complications of diabetes: the missing link
  406. Nationwide Trends in Hospitalization and Surgical Treatment of Congenital and Infantile Cataract Among Italian Children 4 Years and Younger
  407. Update on phase II studies of erythropoietin in acute myocardial infarction. Rationale and design of Exogenous erythroPoietin in Acute Myocardial Infarction: New Outlook aNd Dose Association Study (EPAMINONDAS)
  408. Global Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Different Clinical Settings
  409. 2007 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of hypertension, from theory to practice: global cardiovascular risk concept
  410. Bridging science and health policy in cardiovascular disease: focus on lipid management
  411. The Myth of Janus
  412. Phosphodiesterase 4D and 5-lipoxygenase activating protein genes and risk of ischemic stroke in Sardinians
  413. Angiotensin II receptor blockers and myocardial infarction: an updated analysis of randomized clinical trials
  414. Efficacy and Safety of a Stepped-Care Regimen Using Olmesartan Medoxomil, Amlodipine and Hydrochlorothiazide in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Hypertension
  415. TRANSCEND Aftermath
  416. Left ventricular mass increase is associated with cognitive decline and dementia in the elderly independently of blood pressure
  417. Atrial fibrillation and heart rate independently correlate to microalbuminuria in hypertensive patients
  418. Valsartan for Prevention of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation
  419. Evaluation of Systolic Properties in Hypertensive Patients With Different Degrees of Diastolic Dysfunction and Normal Ejection Fraction
  420. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in heart failure: from ugly duckling to swan
  421. Role of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system and inflammatory processes in the development and progression of diastolic dysfunction
  422. Fixed-combination therapies in hypertension management: focus on enalapril/lercanidipine
  423. Independent association of ECG abnormalities with microalbuminuria and renal damage in hypertensive patients without overt cardiovascular disease: data from Italy-Developing Education and awareness on MicroAlbuminuria in patients with hypertensive Dise...
  424. Management of hypertension and stroke prevention: results of the Italian cardiologist survey
  425. Anti‐remodelling effect of canrenone in patients with mild chronic heart failure (AREA IN‐CHF study): final results
  426. Efficacy and Tolerability of Olmesartan Medoxomil Combined with Amlodipine in Patients with Moderate to Severe Hypertension after Amlodipine Monotherapy
  427. Impact of Fasting Glycemia and Regional Cerebral Perfusion in Diabetic Subjects
  428. Irbesartan in Patients with Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction
  429. Inhibition of Protein Kinase Cβ Prevents Foam Cell Formation by Reducing Scavenger Receptor A Expression in Human Macrophages
  430. Recombinant Human Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1: A New Cardiovascular Disease Treatment Option?
  431. Effort angina in a patient with advanced coronary artery disease. Role played by coronary angiography, Ivus and cardiac CT: case report
  432. Effects of the angiotensin-receptor blocker telmisartan on cardiovascular events in high-risk patients intolerant to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors: a randomised controlled trial
  433. Prevalence of type 2 diabetes among patients with hypertension under the care of 30 Italian clinics of hypertension: results of the (Iper)tensione and (dia)bete study
  434. Managing hypertension in cardiology practice according to risk profile
  435. Development of heart failure in recent hypertension trials
  436. Natriuretic Peptides: An Update on Bioactivity, Potential Therapeutic Use, and Implication in Cardiovascular Diseases
  437. Telmisartan, Ramipril, or Both in Patients at High Risk for Vascular Events
  438. Final Common Molecular Pathways of Aging and Cardiovascular Disease
  439. Coronary artery fistula from the circumflex artery to the left atrium: invasive and non-invasive imaging techniques
  440. Non-pharmacological control of plasma cholesterol levels
  441. A New Option for Therapeutic Management of Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease
  442. Association of heart rate with microalbuminuria in cardiovascular risk patients: data from I-SEARCH
  443. Highlights from International Congress
  444. 2008 White Paper for Implementing Strategies and Interventions for Cardiovascular Prevention in Italy
  445. A New Option for Therapeutic Management of Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
  446. Antihypertensive efficacy and tolerability of candesartan–hydrochlorothiazide 32/12.5 mg and 32/25 mg in patients not optimally controlled with candesartan monotherapy
  447. Arterial Hypertension and Cardiac Damage
  448. Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertension – Can We Ask for More?
  449. Cardiovascular Risk Management in Clinical Practice
  450. Overview of the i-SEARCH Global Study
  451. Pulsatile Stretch Induces Release of Angiotensin II and Oxidative Stress in Human Endothelial Cells: Effects of ACE Inhibition and AT1 Receptor Antagonism
  452. The management of the type 2 diabetic patient with hypertension – too late and too little: Suggested improvements
  453. Vascular Senescence at the Crossroad between Oxidative Stress and Nitric Oxide Pathways
  454. β-Blockers and Diuretics in the Treatment of Hypertension
  455. Reduction in estimated stroke risk associated with practice-based stroke-risk assessment and awareness in a large, representative population of hypertensive patients: results from the ForLife study in Italy
  456. Association of cardiovascular risk factors with microalbuminuria in hypertensive individuals: the i-SEARCH global study
  457. Justificación de la terapia combinada con IECA y bloqueadores de los canales de calcio en la hipertensión
  458. Microalbuminuria screening in patients with hypertension: recommendations for clinical practice
  459. Chronic treatment with tetrahydrobiopterin reverses endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress in hypercholesterolaemia
  460. Expression and activity of cyclooxygenase isoforms in skeletal muscles and myocardium of humans and rodents
  461. Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in elderly hypertensives: results of the APROS-diadys study
  462. Managing cardiovascular risk: the need for change
  463. A protective role of a cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene variant towards ischaemic stroke in Sardinians
  464. Evaluation of Intermediate Endpoints: Clinical Implications in the Management of Arterial Hypertension
  465. Antihypertensive strategy based on angiotensin II receptor blockers: a new gateway to reduce risk in hypertension
  466. Blood pressure control in Italy: results of recent surveys on hypertension
  467. Markers of Inflammation and Fibrosis Are Related to Cardiovascular Damage in Hypertensive Patients with Metabolic Syndrome
  468. Use of Predictive Markers to Improve Cardiovascular Protection
  469. Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases: full text: The Task Force on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
  470. β2-Adrenergic Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and Risk of Ischemic Stroke
  471. Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) gene promoter variant and increased susceptibility to early development of hypertension in humans
  472. Arterial stiffness as an independent predictor of longitudinal changes in cognitive function in the older individual
  473. Letter by Conti and Volpe Regarding Article, “Cardiac Troponin I but Not Cardiac Troponin T Induces Severe Autoimmune Inflammation in the Myocardium”
  474. Restoring the Dysfunctional Endothelium
  475. Reduced levels of N-terminal-proatrial natriuretic peptide in hypertensive patients with metabolic syndrome and their relationship with left ventricular mass
  476. Genetic deletion of p66 Shc adaptor protein prevents hyperglycemia-induced endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress
  477. The PlA1/A2 polymorphism of glycoprotein IIIa and cerebrovascular events in hypertension: increased risk of ischemic stroke in high-risk patients
  478. Cardiac resynchronization therapy increases plasma levels of the endogenous inotrope apelin
  479. Left bundle‐branch block—pathophysiology, prognosis, and clinical management
  480. Angiotensin Type 2 Receptor in Resistance Arteries of Type 2 Diabetic Hypertensive Patients
  481. Arterial Stiffness and Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly
  482. High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention
  483. The Role of Arterial Stiffness in Stratifying the Overall Cardiovascular Risk
  484. Nitric Oxide Release Is Impaired in Hypertensive Individuals With Familial History of Stroke
  485. Reciprocal congenic lines for a major stroke QTL on rat chromosome 1
  486. Antihypertensive therapy and cerebrovascular protection
  487. Association of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Type A Natriuretic Peptide Receptor Gene Polymorphisms With Left Ventricular Mass in Human Essential Hypertension
  488. Angiotensin receptor blockers and myocardial infarction: the importance of dosage
  489. Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases: executive summary: The Task Force on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
  490. Physicians, patients, and public knowledge and perception regarding hypertension and stroke: a review of survey studies
  491. Fewer Mega-Trials and More Clinically Oriented Studies in Hypertension Research? The Case of Blocking the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
  492. Metabolic Syndrome
  493. The Apelin/APJ System
  494. Treatment of High-Risk Hypertensive Patients
  495. A role of TNF‐α gene variant on juvenile ischemic stroke: a case–control study
  496. Angiotensin II receptor blockers and coronary artery disease: 'presumed innocents'
  497. Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A and Acute Coronary Syndromes: Cause or Consequence?
  498. Tumor necrosis factor-α as trigger of platelet activation in patients with heart failure
  499. Effect of co-administering ezetimibe with on-going simvastatin treatment on LDL-C goal attainment in hypercholesterolemic patients with coronary heart disease
  500. Angiotensin II type 2 receptors contribute to vascular responses in spontaneously hypertensive rats treated with angiotensin II type 1 receptor antagonists
  501. Angiotensin-II receptor blockers: benefits beyond blood pressure reduction?
  502. A Novel Molecule of the Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker Class
  503. Angiotensin receptor blockers: Therapeutic targets and cardiovascular protection
  504. Head-to-Head Intervention Trials in Hypertension
  505. Natriuretic Peptides
  506. Polymorphisms in prothrombotic genes and their impact on ischemic stroke in a Sardinian population
  507. Similarities and Differences in Hypertension Guidelines
  508. Treating Hypertension with Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers
  509. What Should We Expect from the Next Guidelines on Hypertension?
  510. Deletion of p66 shc Gene Protects Against Age-Related Endothelial Dysfunction
  511. Gene polymorphisms of the renin???angiotensin???aldosterone system and the risk of ischemic stroke
  512. The case for blood pressure control in risk groups
  513. Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 as a Vascular Protective Factor
  514. Role of Genetic Factors in the Etiopathogenesis of Cerebrovascular Accidents: From an Animal Model to the Human Disease
  515. Treatment of systolic hypertension: spotlight on recent studies with angiotensin II antagonists
  516. Left ventricular and carotid structure in untreated, uncomplicated essential hypertension: results from the Assessment Prognostic Risk Observational Survey (APROS)
  517. Selective Inhibition of Protein Kinase Cβ 2 Prevents Acute Effects of High Glucose on Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression in Human Endothelial Cells
  518. Treatment priorities and current prescribing patterns in hypertension: results of GRASP, an international physician survey
  519. Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Gene Polymorphisms and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Humans
  520. In the search for stroke genes: a long and winding road
  521. Hypertension and Heart Failure: Role of Neurohormonal Mechanisms
  522. Genetic polymorphism of the renin???angiotensin???aldosterone system and arterial hypertension in the Italian population
  523. Contribution of Genetic Factors to Renal Lesions in the Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat
  524. Angiotensin II AT2 receptor subtype
  525. Hypertension guidelines: criteria that might make them more clinically useful
  526. Is it time to measure microalbuminuria in hypertension?
  527. Comparison of the blood pressure-lowering effects and tolerability of Losartan- and Amlodipine-based regimens in patients with isolated systolic hypertension
  528. Do COX-2 inhibitors really prevent hypertension and proteinuria? Another brick in the wall for the COX-2 inhibition and cardiovascular disease controversy
  529. High Glucose Causes Upregulation of Cyclooxygenase-2 and Alters Prostanoid Profile in Human Endothelial Cells
  530. p300/cAMP-response-element-binding-protein ('CREB')-binding protein (CBP) modulates co-operation between myocyte enhancer factor 2A (MEF2A) and thyroid hormone receptor-retinoid X receptor
  531. Altered regulation of endothelin A receptor subtype in the cerebral arterioles in response to a Japanese-style diet, in stroke-prone hypertensive rats
  532. In memoriam
  533. Hypertension guidelines: criteria that might make them more clinically useful
  534. Antihypertensive effect and end-organ protection of flavonoids: some insights, more questions
  535. Ace inhibition and cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in essential hypertension: The end of the search or a need for further investigations?
  536. Functional cross-talk between angiotensin II and epidermal growth factor receptors in NIH3T3 fibroblasts
  537. Effect of a regulatory mutation on the rat atrial natriuretic peptide gene transcription
  538. Nitric-oxide-mediated relaxations in salt-induced hypertension: effect of chronic β1-selective receptor blockade
  539. The atrial natriuretic peptide: a changing view
  540. Determinants and clinical significance of natriuretic peptides and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  541. Differential Regulation of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Latent Gene Expression in Burkitt Lymphoma Cells Infected with a Recombinant EBV Strain
  542. Etiology and pathophysiology of stroke as a complex trait
  543. Characterization of caveolae from rat heart: Localization of postreceptor signal transduction molecules and their rearrangement after norepinephrine stimulation
  544. Defective suppression of the aldosterone biosynthesis during stroke permissive diet in the stroke-prone phenotype of the spontaneously hypertensive rat
  545. Role of angiotensin II AT 1 and AT 2 subtype receptors in the regulation of atrial natriuretic peptide expression in salt-restricted rats
  546. Abnormalities of Endothelial Function in the Pathogenesis of Stroke: The Importance of Endothelin
  547. Independent and incremental prognostic value of heart rate variability in patients with chronic heart failure
  548. Role of the angiotensin II AT2-subtype receptors in the blood pressure-lowering effect of losartan in salt-restricted rats
  549. Long-term effects of felodipine in patients with mild heart failure treated chronically with enalapril: a randomized, placebo-controlled study
  550. Impaired vasorelaxant responses to natriuretic peptides in the stroke-prone phenotype of spontaneously hypertensive rats
  551. Chromosomal mapping of quantitative trait loci contributing to stroke in a rat model of complex human disease
  552. Influence of digitalis on left ventricular functional response to exercise in congestive heart failure
  553. Transition from asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to congestive heart failure
  554. Effects of one-year treatment with rilmenidine on systemic hypertension-induced left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients
  555. Blood levels of erythropoietin in congestive heart failure and correlation with clinical, hemodynamic, and hormonal profiles
  556. Reversal of cardiac and large artery structural abnormalities induced by long-term antihypertensive treatment with trandolapril
  557. Effect of complete cardiac denervation on atrial natriuretic factor release in baboons
  558. Effects of atrial natriuretic peptide on glomerular filtration rate in essential hypertension: a radionuclide study
  559. Cardiopulmonary receptors and coronary circulation
  560. Cardiac effects of atrial natriuretic peptide in subjects with normal left ventricular function
  561. Cardiac function in systemic hypertension before and after reversal of left ventricular hypertrophy
  562. Reflex control of coronary vascular tone by cardiopulmonary receptors in humans
  563. Beta blockers and left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension
  564. Effects of atrial natriuretic factor on human platelet function
  565. Role of prostaglandins in the renal handling of a salt load in essential hypertension
  566. Effect of acebutolol on left ventricular hemodynamics and anatomy in systemic hypertension
  567. Renal Function in Borderline Hypertensive First-Degree Relatives of Essential Hypertensives
  568. EFFECTS OF GUANETHIDINE ON HISTAMINE RELEASE DURING REFLEX VASODILATATION IN THE DOG