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Antihypertensive therapy in 2014

Linking pathophysiology to antihypertensive treatment

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A number of studies in 2014 have enhanced our knowledge of the pathophysiology of hypertension, including the effects of a low-salt diet, hypertension in resource-poor countries, hypoxia-induced blood pressure elevation, antihypertensive therapies, the therapeutic role of renal denervation, and the effect of cardiovascular risk on adverse outcomes in patients with hypertension.

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Figure 1: Hypertension treatment in 2014 to reduce cardiovascular risk.

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Parati, G. Linking pathophysiology to antihypertensive treatment. Nat Rev Cardiol 12, 77–79 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2014.221

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