The Japanese Society of Hypertension (JSH) revised the Guidelines for the Management of
Hypertension 2014 (JSH 2014), and published the JSH 2019. In the development of the JSH …

Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as above-goal elevated blood pressure (BP) in a
patient despite the concurrent use of 3 antihypertensive drug classes, commonly including a …

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is being used increasingly in both clinical
practice and hypertension research. Although there are many guidelines that emphasize the …

Background—Despite a recent American Heart Association (AHA) consensus statement
emphasizing the importance of resistant hypertension, the incidence and prognosis of this …

Background The mechanisms by which hypertension causes vascular events are unclear.
Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment focus only on underlying mean blood pressure. We …

We aimed to estimate the prevalence of resistant hypertension through both office and
ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in a large cohort of treated hypertensive patients from …

Clinical studies have documented morning-evening, administration-time differences of
several different classes of hypertension medications in blood pressure (BP)-lowering …

Although hypertension is the most prevalent treatable vascular risk factor, how it causes end-
organ damage and vascular events is poorly understood. Yet, a widespread belief exists that …

Background and method: To determine which SBP measure best predicts cardiovascular
events (CVEs) independently, a systematic review was conducted for cohorts with all …

Ambulatory BP studies indicate that even small increases in BP, particularly nighttime BP
levels, are associated with significant increases in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality …