Clinical Hypertension is the official journal of the Korean Society of Hypertension.
The Society is currently covering all publication costs so there are no article processing charges for authors.
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The purpose of this study was to compare the value and evaluate the validity of non-invasive methods for the detection of vascular stiffness in never-treated individuals with metabolic syndrome (MetS).
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2017 23:1
LVH is highly prevalent in patients with CKD and is independently associated with subsequent cardiovascular events.
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:21
Hypertension is a prevalent condition worldwide and is the key risk factor for fatal cardiovascular complications, such as stroke, sudden cardiac death and heart failure. Reduced bioavailability of nitric oxid...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:20
Complications of hypertension are particularly common in people of African descent but previous reports had suggested rarity of hypertensive retinopathy in black Africans. We evaluated retinal changes among Ni...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:19
Hypertension is a serious public health problem. Potassium-enriched salt is suggested as a tool for lowering blood pressure. However, its flavor and taste acceptability is essential for population-based salt r...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:18
A hypertensive response to exercise (HRE) is frequently observed in individuals without hypertension or other cardiovascular disease. However, mechanisms and clinical implication of HRE is not fully elucidated...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:17
Traditional cardiovascular risk factors in the general population are usually correlated to a better prognosis in patients with chronic heart failure (HF). Most of the studies show that blood pressure variabil...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:16
The use of blood pressure measurements have become a routine part of physical exam for the evacuation of cardiovascular health adults and, more recently, children. The most widely used definition of hypertensi...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:15
Hypertensive crisis is a medical emergency that can cause acute damage to multiple end-organs. However, relatively little is known on the etiology, treatment, and outcomes of hypertensive crisis in Korean chil...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:10
There are a number of complications that can occur if there is under-nutrition during pregnancy followed by a period of rapid catch-up growth, including a higher chance of adult obesity, insulin resistance and...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:12
Hypertension continues to be an important public health concern because of its associated morbidity, mortality and economic impact on the society. It is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular, cerebrovas...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:7
Chronic heart failure (CHF) has been remained a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortaluty. The risk stratification of CHF individuals based on clinical criteria and biomarkers' models may improve...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:3
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Despite intensive anti-hypertensive treatment, overall control rates of only 30 ~ 50 % have been reported in patients with hypertension (HTN). However, clinical significance and angiographic characteristics of...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:9
Although recent studies have suggested that adherence to antihypertensive treatment reduced stroke incidence, the relationship of adherence to antihypertensives with stroke severity has not been studied. This ...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:11
Subjects with abnormal metabolic conditions had increased risk for cardiovascular disease. We investigated the role of abnormal metabolic conditions on arterial stiffness in healthy subjects with no drug treat...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:13
Prolonged electrocardiogram QRS durations are often present in hypertensive patients. Small increases in QRS duration serve as independent risk factors for both increased cardiovascular and all-cause mortality...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:6
Although resistant hypertension (RH) is known to be associated with higher rates of cardiovascular events than is non-RH, there are no reported data on the prevalence of RH in Korean patients. We evaluated the...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:4
General diet and lifestyle are considered to have an effect on levels of atherosclerosis but previous studies have shown inconsistent results. The aim of this study was to investigate whether macronutrient int...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:5
Resistant hypertension (RH) may be one of the cause of the plateau in improving the control rate in hypertension (HT) management. The misdiagnosis of RH by clinic blood pressure (BP) is important clinical prob...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:8
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) proliferation contributes significantly to intimal thickening in atherosclerosis and restenosis diseases. Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) has been implicated in VSMC p...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:2
Chronic intermittent hypoxia, platelet activation and inflammation all play roles in the pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), which may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Th...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2016 22:1
It is well known that arterial function relates to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The noninvasive technology for the assessment of arterial function has developed as the importance of prevention of ea...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:25
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is considered a public health burden and most common cause of mortality in all over the world. The latency time for developing CVD may be several decades. the objective of this stu...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:23
Epicardial fat tissue is known to have an unique endocrine function which affect the cardiac autonomic system. Heart rate recovery (HRR) is a simple non-invasive measurement that assesses autonomic nervous sys...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:24
Fatty liver is associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS) but it may also occur without MetS. Whether resolution of fatty liver in the general population affects risk of MetS is unknown. Our aim was to determin...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:22
Left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in children and adolescents with essential hypertension tend to be underdiagnosed. The aims of this study were to investigate left ventricular hypertrophy...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:21
Hypertension is associated with microcirculatory disturbance, and erythrocyte deformability is a major determinant of the microcirculation. However, impairment of erythrocyte deformability in hypertensive pati...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:17
This study examined whether psychosocial variables influenced patients’ perception and experience of side effects of their medicines, how they coped with these experiences and the impact on medication adherenc...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:19
Although evidence exists that adolescents’ hypertension could lead to adults’ hypertension, it is a general belief that measures for early detection and treatment of this condition is seldom undertaken especia...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:16
The expression ‘hypertensive urgencies’ includes many diseases. The unifying features of these diseases are a high level of arterial pressure and acute distress of one or more organs. The aim of the review was...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:20
Hypertension, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), is frequently associated with other CVD risk factors. Despite recent improvement in blood pressure (BP) control in Europe, a substantial proportion...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:18
Careful observations of long- and short-term outcomes associated with carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) are relatively limited.
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:15
Serum uric acid (UA) has been known to have a positive association with blood pressure (BP). However, the relationship between serum UA and BP in different age groups is unclear.
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:14
Angiotensin II (Ang II) contributes to the pathological process of vascular structures, including renal glomeruli by hemodynamic and nonhemodynamic direct effects. On renal effects, Ang II plays an important r...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:13
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Hypertension (HTN) control is a major public health and clinical challenge. A number of guidelines exist globally to assist in tackling this challenge. The aim of this study was to determine conformity of the ...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:10
Hypertension is a major and correctable cardiovascular risk factor. The correct diagnosis of hypertension and precise assessment of cardiovascular risk are essential to give proper treatment in patients with h...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:9
Hypertension is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The majority of patients, however, cannot easily maintain a healthy blood pressure. Therefore, lifestyle modifications are important ...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:8
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The measurement of flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) via ultrasound has been established as a reliable non-invasive measurement of endothelial function. However, the guidelines mention nothing regarding diurnal v...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:6
Arterial stiffness of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), which is expected to be increased due to a generalized atherosclerotic process of human body, may be more evident after the acute increase of ...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:5
Different treatment strategies are suggested for special situations. Hypertension is common in the elderly and frequently accompanied by or complicates other clinical conditions such as metabolic syndrome, cor...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:3
Treatment strategies are provided in accordance with the level of global cardiovascular risk, from lifestyle modification in the lower risk group to more comprehensive treatment in the higher risk group. Consi...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:2
The standardized techniques of blood pressure measurement in the clinic are emphasized and the indications for ambulatory and/or home blood pressure monitoring are specified more broadly. The epidemiologic fin...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 21:1
Previously, renal artery pseudoaneurysms were thought to be extremely uncommon. However, these lesions are now being detected more frequently as incidental findings on computed tomography, magnetic resonance i...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2015 20:4
The present study was designed to examine whether methylene chloride (CH2Cl2) fraction extracted from Rubus coreanum affects the contractility of the isolated thoracic aortic strips and blood pressure of normoten...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2014 20:6
Arterial hypertension is the most common cardiovascular disease in older than middle-aged patients. Reported incidence of secondary hypertension in this age group is around 10%. To evaluate secondary hypertens...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2014 20:5
We are delighted to announce the launch of the new journal Clinical Hypertension. Clinical Hypertension is an open-access, peer-reviewed, online journal, which will publish scientific investigation of the highest...
Citation: Clinical Hypertension 2014 20:7
Clinical Hypertension is the official journal of the Korean Society of Hypertension.
The Society is currently covering all publication costs so there are no article processing charges for authors.
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