Joint statement of the European Association for the Study of Obesity and the European Society of Hypertension: Obesity and difficult to treat arterial hypertension

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1047-1055

  Jordan, Jens ^a   Yumuk, Volkan ^b   Schlaich, Markus ^c   Nilsson, Peter M ^d   Zahorska Markiewicz, Barbara ^e   Grassi, Guido ^f,g   Schmieder, Roland E ^h   Engeli, Stefan ^a   Finer, Nick ⁱ  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^f SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bariatric surgery; cardiovascular risk; hypertension; neurohumoral; obesity; obesity paradox; treatment resistance

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMLODIPINE; AMLODIPINE PLUS BENAZEPRIL; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BENAZEPRIL PLUS HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ISRADIPINE; LIRAGLUTIDE; MELANOCORTIN; METOPROLOL; PHENTERMINE; RIMONABANT; SIBUTRAMINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; TOPIRAMATE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; LOW CALORY DIET; LOW DRUG DOSE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PACEMAKER; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84861068141     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283537347     Document Type: Article

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