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New Trends in the Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension

Mohammad Tinawi1,2

  • 1Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine Northwest-Gary, Gary, USA.

Cureus
|April 4, 2022
PubMed

Insights

This review summarizes recent advances in hypertension management, focusing on key topics like COVID-19 treatments, the SPRINT trial, and resistant hypertension. It offers concise insights for clinicians on critical hypertension issues.

Area of Science:

  • Cardiology and Nephrology
  • Clinical Hypertension Research

Background:

  • Hypertension is a primary global risk factor for mortality and disability.
  • Major complications include cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) and ischemic heart disease.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a concise overview of timely hypertension topics.
  • To highlight recent significant advances relevant to practicing clinicians.

Main Methods:

  • Review of recent landmark clinical trials.
  • Inclusion of prior significant clinical trials and medical society guidelines.
  • Focus on ten selected topics based on clinical relevance.

Main Results:

  • Discussion of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone inhibitors in COVID-19 patients.
  • Analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) findings.
  • Overview of management strategies for resistant hypertension and primary aldosteronism.

Conclusions:

  • The update synthesizes recent advancements in hypertension.
  • Provides condensed, clinically relevant information for healthcare providers.
  • Emphasizes practical application of new findings in hypertension care.

Keywords:
aldosterone renin ratioambulatory blood pressurechronic kidney disease (ckd)comorbid obesityhigh blood pressurehypertension and covid-19kidney disease improving global outcomes (kdigo) classificationresistent hypertensionsleep apnea and hypertensionthiazide diuretics

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