University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how long-term treatment of high blood pressure with ...

May 17, 2005 (San Francisco) - Patients with hypertension and high ambulatory plasma renin levels are at greater risk of myocardial infarction and revascularization procedures than those with low ...

A novel pill that blocks the hormone aldosterone shows promise for lowering blood pressure and potentially delaying the ...

The Endocrine Society released a clinical practice guideline for the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of primary aldosteronism.

When ordering renin-to-aldosterone ratios in the workup of secondary hypertension, how does one deal with the severe hypertension that results when the patient discontinues both ACE inhibitors and ...

Adding the novel medication baxdrostat to standard care may help manage high blood pressure and delay the progression of ...

Aliskiren is an orally active, nonpeptide, potent direct renin inhibitor that decreases plasma renin activity (PRA) and inhibits the conversion of angiotensinogen to angiotensin I. Unlike ACE ...

American Heart Association continues message of lowering blood pressure, being a healthy weight and watching for kidney problems to avoid heart disease.

A new research published in the American Journal of Hypertension revealed that even modest elevations in plasma aldosterone ...