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American Heart Association 2007 Presidential Address

Delivering the Promise: Progress, Challenges, Opportunities

Brief Reviews

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurement: The Case for Implementation in Primary Care

Nuclear Hormone Receptors as Regulators of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

G Protein–Coupled Receptor Kinase 4: Role in Blood Pressure Regulation

Hypertension Highlights

Hereditary Determinants of Human Hypertension: Strategies in the Setting of Genetic Complexity

Controversies in Hypertension

Weight Loss and Blood Pressure Control (Pro)

Dietary Therapy for Obesity: An Emperor With No Clothes

Editorial Commentaries

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angioedema: Estimating the Risk

Environmental Smoke Exposure: A Complex Cardiovascular Challenge

Central Aortic Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Risk: A Paradigm Shift?

Genetic Variants of Inflammatory Markers and Arterial Stiffness

Extracellular Adenosine Attenuates Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Through Its Impact on the Protein Kinase and Phosphatase Interaction

Original Articles

Central Pressure: Variability and Impact of Cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Anglo-Cardiff Collaborative Trial II

Relation of Blood Pressure and All-Cause Mortality in 180 000 Japanese Participants: Pooled Analysis of 13 Cohort Studies

Menopausal Complaints Are Associated With Cardiovascular Risk Factors

C-Reactive Protein Is Elevated 30 Years After Eclamptic Pregnancy

Acute Effects of Passive Smoking on Peripheral Vascular Function

Forearm Vascular Reactivity and Arterial Stiffness in Asymptomatic Adults From the Community

Large Artery Stiffening With Weight Gain in Humans: Role of Visceral Fat Accumulation

Adverse Cardiovascular Effects of Acute Salt Loading in Young Normotensive Individuals

Excessive Nitric Oxide Function and Blood Pressure Regulation in Patients With Autonomic Failure

Hypertension Impairs Postnatal Vasculogenesis: Role of Antihypertensive Agents

Orthostatic Hypercoagulability: A Novel Physiological Mechanism to Activate the Coagulation System

Atrial Fibrillation and Isolated Systolic Hypertension: The Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program and Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program-Extension Study

Ecto-5'-Nucleotidase Deficiency Exacerbates Pressure-Overload–Induced Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Dysfunction

Pharmacological Inhibition of -Protein Kinase C Attenuates Cardiac Fibrosis and Dysfunction in Hypertension-Induced Heart Failure

Myocardial Protection Against Pressure Overload in Mice Lacking Bach1, a Transcriptional Repressor of Heme Oxygenase-1

Kidney Dysfunction and Sudden Cardiac Death Among Women With Coronary Heart Disease

Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1 and Hypertensive Nephropathy

Collecting Duct Renin Is Upregulated in Both Kidneys of 2-Kidney, 1-Clip Goldblatt Hypertensive Rats

The Collecting Duct Is the Major Source of Prorenin in Diabetes

Collecting Duct-Derived Endothelin Regulates Arterial Pressure and Na Excretion via Nitric Oxide

Angiotensin II in the Elderly: Impact of Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Sensitivity on Peripheral Hemodynamics

Valsartan Improves Arterial Stiffness in Type 2 Diabetes Independently of Blood Pressure Lowering

Angioedema Incidence in US Veterans Initiating Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors

Liver X Receptor Activator Downregulates Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Expression Through Dephosphorylation of Sp1

Sitagliptin Augments Sympathetic Enhancement of the Renovascular Effects of Angiotensin II in Genetic Hypertension

Blood Pressure and Renal Sodium Handling in Relation to Genetic Variation in the DRD1 Promoter and GRK4

Relations of Inflammatory Biomarkers and Common Genetic Variants With Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflection

Common Variants in Genes Underlying Monogenic Hypertension and Hypotension and Blood Pressure in the General Population

-Adducin Gly460Trp Variant Increases the Risk of Stroke in Hypertensive Dutch Women

Letters to the Editor

Peripheral Augmentation Index and Wave Reflection in the Radial Artery

Response to Peripheral Augmentation Index and Wave Reflection in the Radial Artery

Gender and Blood Pressure Control

Response to Gender and Blood Pressure Control

Angiotensin II–Induced Proliferation of Neonatal and Adult Rat Cardiac Fibroblasts

Response to Angiotensin II–Induced Proliferation of Neonatal and Adult Rat Cardiac Fibroblasts

Intrarenal Perfusion and Angiotensin II Levels Regulate In Vivo Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Imaging in the Kidney

Response to Intrarenal Perfusion and Angiotensin II Levels Regulate In Vivo Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Imaging in the Kidney

Salt Intake Is Related to Soft Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents: A Link to Obesity?

Response to Salt Intake Is Related to Soft Drink Consumption in Children and Adolescents: A Link to Obesity?

Birth Weight and Retinal Vascular Changes

Response to Birth Weight and Retinal Vascular Changes

Gender Differences in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Regression

Response to Gender Differences in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Regression

Modeled Decomposition of Aortic Pressure Waveforms Does Not Provide Estimates for Pulse Wave Velocity

Response to Modeled Decomposition of Aortic Pressure Waveforms Does Not Provide Estimates for Pulse Wave Velocity

AHA Scientific Statement

Resistant Hypertension: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Professional Education Committee of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research

Author Index

Author Index