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The abridged South African hypertension guideline 2011

Author: Seedat, Y K ; Rayner, B L Date: 2013 Extensive data from randomised controlled trials have shown the benefit of treating hypertension. The target blood pressure (BP) for antihypertensive management is < 140/90 mmHg, and < 130/80 mmHg in patients with end-organ damage, coexisting ... Read more c b n d
Hypertension, chronic kidney disease, atrial fibrillation and the newer anticoagulants

Author: Rayner, B L Date: 2012 Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common clinical condition that is associated with increased morbidity and mortality that mainly relates to an embolic stroke. Dominant risk factors for AF are advanced age and hypertension in the absence of mitral ... Read more c b n d
Metabolic syndrome, the leptin gene and kidney disease in non-diabetic black South Africans

Author: Okpechi, Ikechi Gareth Date: 2008 Obesity is a worldwide problem and is a factor in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome and kidney disease through the development of obesity-related hypertension and neurohormonal mechanisms that include the action of leptin. As there ... Read more
The R563Q mutation of the beta subunit of the epithelial sodium channel : prevalence and effect

Author: Jones, Erika Sherad Wilshire Date: 2009 Hypertension is a major worldwide predictor of morbidity and mortality. The search for genes that contribute to blood pressure is ongoing. The epithelial sodium channel genes were implicated when the beta subunit (SCNN1B, gene ID 6338) was ... Read more
The R563Q Mutation of the Beta Subunit of the Epithelial Sodium Channel: Prevalence and Effect

Author: Jones, Dr Erika Sherad Wilshire Date: 2009 Hypertension is a major worldwide predictor of morbidity and mortality. The search for genes that contribute to blood pressure is ongoing. The epithelial sodium channel genes were implicated when the beta subunit (SCNN1B, gene ID 6338) was ... Read more
South African Hypertension Guideline 2006

Author: Seedat, Y K ; Croasdale, M A ; Milne, F J ; Opie, L H ; Pinkney-Atkinson, VJ ; Rayner, B L ; Veriava Y Date: 2006 Outcomes. Extensive data from many randomised controlled trials have shown the benefit of treating hypertension. The target blood pressure (BP) for antihypertensive management should be systolic BP < 140 mmHg, diastolic BP < 90 mmHg, with ... Read more