P. Lund-Johansen

TL;DR: Diltiazem was as effective as treatment based on diuretics, beta-blockers, or both in preventing the combined primary endpoint of all stroke, myocardial infarction, and other cardiovascular death.

TL;DR: Compared with a conventional diuretic/β-blocker-based antihypertensive regimen, there were additional 25% reductions in stroke in the diltiazem-treated patients with blood pressure or pulse pressure greater than the medians, and an increase in myocardial infarction in those with heart rate less than the median.

TL;DR: Characterisation of salt sensitivity using a dietary approach in out-patients is reproducible in only 53–60% of the patients, and casual and 24-h BP response to a 200 mmol/24h change in dietary salt intake is highly individual and varies over time.

TL;DR: It is concluded that doxazosin and captopril used for 6 months are equally effective in reducing blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive type-1 diabetic patients; the antihypertensive effect is closely related to glycemic control; and dietary sodium intake and achieved casual blood pressure after treatment are independent determinants of the reduction inleft ventricular mass seen in these patients.

TL;DR: Blood pressure and antihypertensive drug treatment in subjects with contrasting family histories of hypertension varies with the definition of the family history, and substantial differences were seen between the offspring of one and of two hypertensive parents.