2023 European Pediatric Hypertension Guidelines: Has Anything Changed? ⁦NDT⁩ ⁦Carissa Baker-Smith MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, FAAP⁩ ⁦𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐧, 𝐌𝐃⁩ #openaccess academic.oup.com/ndt/advance-ar…

Congratulations to the leads of this important work Priscilla Prestes & Fadi Charchar

This was a major international effort to catalogue & explain in accessible language lifestyle changes to reduce #bloodpressure

Council on Hypertension Hypertension Australia ACvA

Read the latest International Society of Hypertension position paper on 'Lifestyle management of hypertension' Endorsed by the whleague and European Society of Hypertension of which our own Ruan Kruger, PhD ISHF was part of.

Read 👉 DOI:10.1097/HJH.0000000000003563

Happy to have been part of this International Society of Hypertension position paper on lifestyle management of hypertension - especially contributing to the importance of lifestyle changes at young ages! Endorsed by whleague and European Society of Hypertension

Read OA paper here: DOI:10.1097/HJH.0000000000003563

This is to be my favourite quote “if the guideline cannot be effectively, reliably, and equitably employed across all neighborhoods, communities, and countries, then we will have made a gallant effort with little impact.” 💪🏾💪European Society of Hypertension International Society of Hypertension NWU_HART SAHeartAssocation Childhood Hypertension Consortium of South Africa

On point Editor's Note JAMA Cardiology by Ann Marie Navar Sadiya Khan Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc about the role of childhood adverse experiences as social determinants of CV health jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac… (accompanying jamanetwork.com/journals/jamac…)

In the Women’s Month cover issue of Tribe Magazine, Prof Liesl Zühlke, SAMRC Vice President & #SAWiSA2023 finalist, discusses health equity & her journey in pediatric cardiology.

#WomeninScience #ScienceCommunication

We are recruiting! Please apply if you want to work with this high performance team 💪💪🏽💪🏾

Is Height2.7 Appropriate for Indexation of Left Ventricular Mass in Healthy Adolescents? The Importance of Sex Differences ⁦Hypertension⁩ Tx ⁦𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐧, 𝐌𝐃⁩ for sharing #LVH ahajournals.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

Hypertension is frequent in children w/chronic kidney disease (CKD). Its prevalence varies according to CKD stage & cause. Read this Review of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, causes, risk factors, & treatment of hypertension in CKD.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

So excited to have our paper in print! 📰
Appropriate cuff size is KEY to accurate BP measurement. Using a regular cuff on someone who requires an extra-large cuff can lead to SBP overestimation by almost 20mmHg! Johns Hopkins Children's Center JHU Welch Center Resolve to Save Lives

cnn.com/2023/08/07/hea…

The SAHS NextGen 2nd Virtual Spring School invites all researchers to showcase their research in front of an encouraging and competitive audience of mentors and peers. Click to Submit: hypertension.org.za/events/2022/ca…
#SAHS
#research
#hypertension

Office blood pressure versus ambulatory blood pressure measurement in childhood obesity
International Pediatric Hypertension Association jaap groothoff ESPN International Society of Hypertension Tammy Brady Ruan Kruger, PhD ISHF Dr Anastasia Mihailidou FAHA FCSANZ FESC
bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Fantastic paper on “Novel mechanisms of salt-sensitive hypertension” published in - Kidney International by ⁦A/Prof Francine Marques⁩ et al!
Thanks for citing our work 😊 kidney-international.org/article/S0085-…

Guideline-Adherent #Hypertension in Children and Adolescents: A Multi-Institutional Database Analysis from Taiwan ⁦MDPI⁩ mdpi.com/2077-0383/12/1…

Honoured to be in Kilifi, Kenya and participating in the IHCoR Africa discussions with Anthony Etyang Prof. Elijah Ogola James Onyango-Abuje Kenya Medical Research Institute London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - establishing an African voice for hypertension control in rural Africa

#ArticlesInPress : Ventricular #arterial coupling and #cardiovascular risk among young adults: The African-PREDICT study
(Holm et al.)
ow.ly/HOTr50P7vvc
Ruan Kruger, PhD ISHF
#Pulsewavevelocity #ventriculararterialcoupling ow.ly/Lu0E50P7vve

Associations of adipokines with hypertension in youth with cardiometabolic risk and the mediation role of insulin resistance International Pediatric Hypertension Association International Society of Hypertension American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
日本高血圧学会（公式） Dr Anastasia Mihailidou FAHA FCSANZ FESC BPOzKids
nature.com/articles/s4144…

Great collaborative work on ventricular arterial coupling and cardiovascular risk among young adults in African-PREDICT NWU_HART Lund University CHRU de Nancy

👉journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

Prenatal exposure to multiple persistent organic pollutants in association with adiposity markers and blood pressure in preadolescents sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #BP