title: Recent advances in the treatment of hypertension.
abstract: Uncontrolled blood pressure remains the single most common cause of death accounting for more than 7 million deaths per year worldwide. Despite the availability of potent lifestyle and pharmacologic approaches, rates of control of blood pressure are unsatisfactory and additional strategies to curb the burden of hypertension are warranted. Several novel pharmacological- and device-based approaches have recently been tested and may prove helpful to achieve better blood pressure control rates and thereby improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients with hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Neurovascular Hypertension and Kidney Disease Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, PO Box 6492, St Kilda Road Central, Melbourne, Victoria 8008, Australia.
authors.forename: Dagmara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hering
authors.forename: Murray D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Esler
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krum
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mahfoud
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Böhm
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sobotka
authors.forename: Markus P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Schlaich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004867:Equipment Design; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents