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Editors choice: recent highlights from the journal of human hypertension

Journal of Human Hypertension volume 24, pages 775–778 (2010)Cite this article

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The field of hypertension has seen marked advances over the last few years. At the Journal of Human Hypertension, we certainly hope that we have enriched the world literature, with particular emphasis on aspects of human hypertension that would perhaps have a bearing on our everyday clinical practice. In this article, we highlight a selection of articles from 2009 that the editors feel were of particular interest to our readership.

Target blood pressure (BP) levels set by hypertension management guidelines have fallen considerably in the wake of large, randomized trials that have sought to clarify ‘how low we should go’. However, the clinical relevance of such studies is limited by the fact that they (and the guidelines that followed) were based on office rather than ambulatory BP levels, and do not necessarily address the needs of individual patients, including those for whom aggressive BP lowering could be inappropriate and even, frankly, dangerous.

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  2. University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK

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Stowasser, M., Lip, G. Editors choice: recent highlights from the journal of human hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 24, 775–778 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2010.90

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