Current Cardiology Reports

The lesson of Darwin for today’s science

Joseph S. Alpert

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Hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, and sudden death

Lwin Lwin Tin, D. Gareth Beevers, Gregory Y. H. Lip

Proteinuria: An underappreciated risk factor in cardiovascular disease

Julián Segura, Carlos Campo, Luis M. Ruilope

Systolic versus diastolic blood pressure versus pulse pressure

William B. White

Why β-blockers are not cardioprotective in elderly patients with hypertension

Ehud Grossman, Franz H. Messerli

Are all antihypertensive drug classes equal in reducing left ventricular hypertrophy?

Erwin H. Fleischmann, Roland E. Schmieder

Vasodilatory edema: A common side effect of antihypertensive therapy

Franz H. Messerli

Clinical trials report

Peter W. F. Wilson

Hypertriglyceridemia and risk of coronary heart disease

John E. Hokanson

Dyslipidemia of the metabolic syndrome

Giacomo Ruotolo, Barbara V. Howard

The effects of errors in lipid measurement and assessment

Gerald R. Cooper, Gary L. Myers, Mary M. Kimberly, Parvin P. Waymack

Genetics, the environment, and lipid abnormalities

Jose M. Ordovas, Haiqing Shen

Insulin resistance, diabetes, and atherosclerosis: Thiazolidinediones as therapeutic interventions

Annaswamy Raji, Jorge Plutzky