Giuseppe Mancia

TL;DR: The effect of the combination of verapamil and trandolapril was greater than the effect of either of the two drugs administered alone, but the clinic blood pressure measurements failed to show any systematically greater effect with the combination versus monotherapy, indicating that ambulatory blood pressure is superior to conventional blood pressure in the assessment of antihypertensive drugs.

TL;DR: The addition of home BP to routine patient management has been shown to improve compliance to treatment, in particular when home BP monitoring is coupled with teletransmission of BP values self-measured by patients at home.

TL;DR: The main pharmacological and clinical features of new classes of antihypertensive drugs, such as angiotensin II receptor blockers, central agents, vasopeptidase inhibitors, and endothelin antagonists are examined.

TL;DR: The Editors of the Journal of Hypertension have invited commentaries from respected experts and asked the four experts to express their criticisms and what they think are the limitations of the ALLHAT trial.

TL;DR: This poster focuses on the part of the immune system that deals with autonomic dysfunction in the context of cirrhosis, and investigates its role in the progression of disease.