BACKGROUND Management of patients with severe hypertension without progressive target organ damage remains controversial. Some guidelines mentioned oral anti-hypertensive medication as a treatment to reduce blood pressure in the emergency department, while others recommended against such treatment. OBJECTIVE To review the management ofpatients with severe hypertension without progressive targ...

In this manuscript, nephrologist-investigators from one of five Clinical Center Networks of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) provide background information and context on the intensity of anti-hypertensive therapy in conjunction with the release of detailed results from SPRINT's primary analysis. The authors highlight published evidence on the safety and efficacy of diffe...

Ginseng has been traditionally used to recover vital energy from Qi deficiency in oriental countries. Recent reports suggested that ginseng could regulate blood pressure (BP), but much controversy still remain. Therefore, we intended to assess the anti-hypertensive effect of some ginseng species on Koreans and Chinese. This is a randomized, double blinded controlled clinical trial. The study su...

Abstract Back Ground Hypertension and its cardiovascular complications as myocardial infarction are the leading causes of morbidity mortality worldwide. Reperfusion strategies current standard therapy but they result in cardiac ischemia reperfusion injury. Stem cell transplantation has emerged a promising therapeutic strategy showed many beneficial effects different medical disorders reno-vascu...