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Volume 52, Issue 2; August 1, 2008

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Brief ReviewsBack

Adaptation and Maladaptation of the Heart in Obesity

Romain Harmancey, Christopher R. Wilson, and Heinrich Taegtmeyer
Hypertension. 2008;52:181-187; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.110031
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Role of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Controlling Blood Pressure Early in Diabetes

Michael W. Brands and Hicham Labazi
Hypertension. 2008;52:188-194; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.090647
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Mechanisms of Arterial Remodeling in Hypertension: Coupled Roles of Wall Shear and Intramural Stress

Jay D. Humphrey
Hypertension. 2008;52:195-200; published online before print June 9 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.103440
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Editorial CommentariesBack

Antihypertensive Therapy in Children: Implications for Future Studies

Alan R. Sinaiko
Hypertension. 2008;52:201-202; published online before print June 30 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.112433
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Ethnic Differences in Renal Handling of Water and Solutes in Hypertension

Michel Burnier
Hypertension. 2008;52:203-204; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115592
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The Flame That Lights the Fire: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Renal Damage in Angiotensin II–Induced Hypertension

Ernesto L. Schiffrin
Hypertension. 2008;52:205-206; published online before print June 9 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115402
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Aldosterone, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease: An Endless Story

Luís M. Ruilope
Hypertension. 2008;52:207-208; published online before print June 16 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.111211
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Cardiac Benefits of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Inhibition in Renal Failure

Kristof Graf, Thomas Hucko, and Philipp Stawowy
Hypertension. 2008;52:209-210; published online before print June 30 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115733
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Is Activated Vitamin D Supplementation Renoprotective?

Matthew R. Weir
Hypertension. 2008;52:211-212; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115220
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Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid Type 1 Receptors in Hypertensive Renal Damage: A Promising Therapeutic Target?

Tilmann Ditting, Roland Veelken, and Karl F. Hilgers
Hypertension. 2008;52:213-214; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.116129
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Metalloproteinases Damage the Insulin Receptor to Cause Insulin Resistance in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

H. Glenn Bohlen
Hypertension. 2008;52:215-217; published online before print June 9 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.108902
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Endothelium and Fibrinolysis in Hypertension: Important Facets of a Prothrombotic State?

Gregory Y.H. Lip and Andrew D. Blann
Hypertension. 2008;52:218-219; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.114876
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Psychophysiological Stress Reactivity and Hypertension

Andrew Steptoe
Hypertension. 2008;52:220-221; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115477
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Original ArticlesBack

Joseph T. Flynn, Kevin E.C. Meyers, Jose Pacheco Neto, Rejane de Paula Meneses, Aleksandra Zurowska, Arvind Bagga, Lionel Mattheyse, Victor Shi, Jitendra Gupte, Susan Solar-Yohay, Guangyang Han for the Pediatric Valsartan Study Group
Hypertension. 2008;52:222-228; published online before print June 30 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.111054
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Tine W. Hansen, Lutgarde Thijs, José Boggia, Yan Li, Masahiro Kikuya, Kristina Björklund-Bodegård, Tom Richart, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Jørgen Jeppesen, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lars Lind, Edgardo Sandoya, Yutaka Imai, Jiguang Wang, Hans Ibsen, Eoin O'Brien, Jan A. Staessen on behalf of the International Database on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcomes Investigators
Hypertension. 2008;52:229-235; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.113191
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Rogier V. Immink, Bert-Jan H. van den Born, Gert A. van Montfrans, Yu-Sok Kim, Markus W. Hollmann, and Johannes J. van Lieshout
Hypertension. 2008;52:236-240; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.110395
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Tae-Yon Chun, Lise Bankir, George J. Eckert, Daniel G. Bichet, Chandan Saha, Syed-Adeel Zaidi, Mary Anne Wagner, and J. Howard Pratt
Hypertension. 2008;52:241-248; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.109801
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Pooneh Alborzi, Nina A. Patel, Carla Peterson, Jennifer E. Bills, Dagim M. Bekele, Zerihun Bunaye, Robert P. Light, and Rajiv Agarwal
Hypertension. 2008;52:249-255; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.113159
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Tang-Dong Liao, Xiao-Ping Yang, Yun-He Liu, Edward G. Shesely, Maria A. Cavasin, William A. Kuziel, Patrick J. Pagano, and Oscar A. Carretero
Hypertension. 2008;52:256-263; published online before print June 9 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.112706
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Youping Wang, Dagmar Babánková, Jie Huang, Greg M. Swain, and Donna H. Wang
Hypertension. 2008;52:264-270; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.110197
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Bertram Pitt, Ali Ahmed, Thomas E. Love, Henry Krum, Jose Nicolau, José S. Cardoso, Alexander Parkhomenko, Michael Aschermann, Ramon Corbalán, Henry Solomon, Harry Shi, and Faiez Zannad
Hypertension. 2008;52:271-278; published online before print June 16 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.109314
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Robert W.W. Biederman, Mark Doyle, Alistair A. Young, Richard B. Devereux, Eduardo Kortright, Gilbert Perry, Jonathan N. Bella, Suzanne Oparil, David Calhoun, Gerald M. Pohost, and Louis J. Dell'Italia
Hypertension. 2008;52:279-286; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.109819
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Hiromitsu Matsui, Katsuyuki Ando, Hiroo Kawarazaki, Ai Nagae, Megumi Fujita, Tatsuo Shimosawa, Miki Nagase, and Toshiro Fujita
Hypertension. 2008;52:287-294; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.111815
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Luis Michea, Andrea Villagrán, Alvaro Urzúa, Sonia Kuntsmann, Patricio Venegas, Loreto Carrasco, Magdalena Gonzalez, and Elisa T. Marusic
Hypertension. 2008;52:295-300; published online before print June 30 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.109645
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Laurent Monassier, Marc-André Laplante, Fabrice Jaffré, Pascal Bousquet, Luc Maroteaux, and Jacques de Champlain
Hypertension. 2008;52:301-307; published online before print June 30 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.105551
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Giuseppe Schillaci, Giuseppe V.L. De Socio, Giacomo Pucci, Massimo R. Mannarino, Johny Helou, Matteo Pirro, and Elmo Mannarino
Hypertension. 2008;52:308-313; published online before print June 16 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.114660
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Chiara Giannarelli, Agostino Virdis, Ferdinando De Negri, Emiliano Duranti, Armando Magagna, Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Antonio Salvetti, and Stefano Taddei
Hypertension. 2008;52:314-321; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.111559
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Stacie L. Demel and James J. Galligan
Hypertension. 2008;52:322-329; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.110353
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Klaus Höcherl, Christoph Schmidt, Birgül Kurt, and Michael Bucher
Hypertension. 2008;52:330-335; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.112029
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Arnljot Flaa, Ivar K. Eide, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, and Morten Rostrup
Hypertension. 2008;52:336-341; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.111625
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Shun-Guang Wei, Yang Yu, Zhi-Hua Zhang, Robert M. Weiss, and Robert B. Felder
Hypertension. 2008;52:342-350; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.110445
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Anja G. Teschemacher, Sheng Wang, Mohan K. Raizada, Julian F.R. Paton, and Sergey Kasparov
Hypertension. 2008;52:351-358; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.114371
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Stephen T. Turner, Kent R. Bailey, Brooke L. Fridley, Arlene B. Chapman, Gary L. Schwartz, High Seng Chai, Hugues Sicotte, Jean-Pierre Kocher, Andréi S. Rodin, and Eric Boerwinkle
Hypertension. 2008;52:359-365; published online before print June 30 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.104273
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Paolo Manunta, Gail Lavery, Chiara Lanzani, Peter S. Braund, Marco Simonini, Claire Bodycote, Laura Zagato, Simona Delli Carpini, Cristina Tantardini, Elena Brioni, Giuseppe Bianchi, and Nilesh J. Samani
Hypertension. 2008;52:366-372; published online before print June 30 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.113977
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Cristiano Fava, Martina Montagnana, Peter Almgren, Lena Rosberg, Giuseppe Lippi, Bo Hedblad, Gunnar Engström, Göran Berglund, Pietro Minuz, and Olle Melander
Hypertension. 2008;52:373-380; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.114199
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Wolfgang Lieb, Michael J. Pencina, Thomas J. Wang, Martin G. Larson, Katherine J. Lanier, Emelia J. Benjamin, Daniel Levy, Geoffrey H. Tofler, James B. Meigs, Christopher Newton-Cheh, and Ramachandran S. Vasan
Hypertension. 2008;52:381-386; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.113589
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Robin E. Gandley, Jennifer Rohland, Yan Zhou, Eiji Shibata, Gail F. Harger, Augustine Rajakumar, Valerian E. Kagan, Nina Markovic, and Carl A. Hubel
Hypertension. 2008;52:387-393; published online before print June 30 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.107532
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Katja H. Lampinen, Mats Rönnback, Per-Henrik Groop, and Risto J. Kaaja
Hypertension. 2008;52:394-401; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.113423
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Valeria C. Sandrim, Ana C.T. Palei, Ingrid F. Metzger, Valeria A. Gomes, Ricardo C. Cavalli, and Jose E. Tanus-Santos
Hypertension. 2008;52:402-407; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115006
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Katsuyuki Miura, Jeremiah Stamler, Hideaki Nakagawa, Paul Elliott, Hirotsugu Ueshima, Queenie Chan, Ian J. Brown, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Shigeyuki Saitoh, Alan R. Dyer, Martha L. Daviglus, Hugo Kesteloot, Akira Okayama, J. David Curb, Beatriz L. Rodriguez, Patricia J. Elmer, Lyn M. Steffen, Claire Robertson, Liancheng Zhao for the International Study of Macro-Micronutrients and Blood Pressure Research Group
Hypertension. 2008;52:408-414; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.112383
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Frank A. DeLano and Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein
Hypertension. 2008;52:415-423; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.104356
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Letters to the EditorBack

Cardiotrophin-1 in Adolescents: Impact of Obesity and Blood Pressure

Christian Jung, Michael Fritzenwanger, and Hans R. Figulla
Hypertension. 2008;52:e6; published online before print June 9 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.114421
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Response to Cardiotrophin-1 in Adolescents: Impact of Obesity and Blood Pressure

Alexis Elias Malavazos, Federica Ermetici, Lelio Morricone, Alessandra Delnevo, Calin Coman, Bruno Ambrosi, and Massimiliano Marco Corsi
Hypertension. 2008;52:e7; published online before print June 9 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.114637
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Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Precursor Gene Knocking Down Impedes Melanocortin-Induced Hypertension in Rats

María S. Landa, Silvia I. García, Mariano L. Schuman, Azucena L. Alvarez, Samuel Finkielman, and Carlos J. Pirola
Hypertension. 2008;52:e8; published online before print June 16 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.114686
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Response to Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Precursor Gene Knocking Down Impedes Melanocortin-Induced Hypertension in Rats

Alexandre A. da Silva, Jussara M. do Carmo, Bela Kanyicska, John Dubinion, Elizabeth Brandon, and John E. Hall
Hypertension. 2008;52:e9; published online before print June 16 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115030
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Nocturnal Blood Pressure Fall Changes in Correlation With Urinary Sodium Excretion

Katia Coelho Ortega, Giovanio Vieira da Silva, and Décio Mion, Jr
Hypertension. 2008;52:e10; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115394
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Response to Nocturnal Blood Pressure Fall Changes in Correlation With Urinary Sodium Excretion

Michel Burnier, Murielle Bochud, and Lise Bankir
Hypertension. 2008;52:e11; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.116079
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Segmental Renal Sodium Handling in Relation to the Human SAH Gene

Yu Jin, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Valérie Tikhonoff, Marc Maillard, Murielle Bochud, Michel Burnier, Sandra Hasenkamp, Eva Brand, Stefan-Martin Brand-Herrmann, Tom Richart, and Jan A. Staessen
Hypertension. 2008;52:e12-e13; published online before print June 2 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115642
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Prognostic Significance of Between-Arm Blood Pressure Differences: Between-Arm Blood Pressure Difference and Mortality

Nanne Kleefstra, Sebastiaan T. Houweling, Susan J.J. Logtenberg, and Henk J.G. Bilo
Hypertension. 2008;52:e14; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115790
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The Interarm Blood Pressure Difference

Christopher E. Clark and John L. Campbell
Hypertension. 2008;52:e15; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.116335
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Response to Prognostic Significance of Between-Arm Blood Pressure Differences: Between-Arm Blood Pressure Difference and Mortality and the Interarm Blood Pressure Difference: Between-Arm Blood Pressure Differences Are Important

Rajiv Agarwal
Hypertension. 2008;52:e16-e17; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.116087
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Combination Therapy for Treatment or Prevention of Atherosclerosis

Kwang Kon Koh and Michael J. Quon
Hypertension. 2008;52:e18; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115840
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Response to Combination Therapy for Treatment or Prevention of Atherosclerosis

Shokei Kim-Mitsuyama, Taishi Nakamura, Eiichiro Yamamoto, and Hisao Ogawa
Hypertension. 2008;52:e19; published online before print June 23 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.115998
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It Is the Plasma Renin Activity Level That Counts, not Stoichiometry

Jean E. Sealey and John H. Laragh
Hypertension. 2008;52:e20; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.116319
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Response to It Is the Plasma Renin Activity Level That Counts, not Stoichiometry

Juerg Nussberger, Alice Stanton, Naomi D.L. Fisher, Norman K. Hollenberg, and A.H. Jan Danser
Hypertension. 2008;52:e21; published online before print July 7 2008, doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.108.116483
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American Heart Association Newly Elected Fellows, Spring 2008Back

American Heart Association Newly Elected Fellows, Spring 2008


Hypertension. 2008;52:B1-B2, doi:10.1161/01.HYP.0000326202.57953.EA
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