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New insights—from risk factors to treatment implications

Nature Reviews Cardiology volume 9, pages 75–77 (2012)Cite this article

The results of several hypertension studies published in 2011 have contributed to our knowledge on the risks of and treatment for this condition, including the effects of slow-wave sleep, nocturnal dosing of medication, variability in post-stroke blood-pressure reduction, and the impacts of a low-sodium diet.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Hypertensive Diseases Unit, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 1027, Chicago, 60637, IL, USA

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G. L. Bakris has received grants/research support from Forest laboratories, Medtronic, Novartis, and Relypsa. He has acted as a consultant for Abbott, CVRx, Eli Lilly, FDA, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Servier, and Takeda.

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Bakris, G. New insights—from risk factors to treatment implications. Nat Rev Cardiol 9, 75–77 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2011.202

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