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The HCPLive hypertension page is a resource for medical news and expert insights on high blood pressure. This page features expert-led coverage, articles, videos and research on the therapies and development of treatments for hypertension, and more.
April 01, 2025
Article
Patients with PAH saw a 76% reduction in the composite of morbidity and mortality outcomes with sotatercept treatment.
Video
Vallerie Mclaughlin, MD, discusses the ZENITH trial and its historic effects of sotatercept on mortality, transplant risk, and more in PAH.
March 30, 2025
March 17, 2025
Initiation of the MOMENTUM clinical trial will explore the prevalence of endogenous hypercortisolism in patients with resistant hypertension.
March 15, 2025
Our top 5 headlines featured an oral drug delivering 16% weight loss, notable blood pressure reductions from a hypertension treatment, and 3 key FDA decisions.
March 10, 2025
Topline data from the pivotal Launch-HTN and Advance-HTN trials met primary endpoints, supporting lorundrostat for uncontrolled or resistant hypertension.
February 04, 2025
New research tested how specialized hypertennsion medical curriculum impacted residents’ treatment of hypertensive urgency in the outpatient setting.
January 30, 2025
Merck announced robust efficacy data on the benefit of sotatercept for PAH in the STELLAR and ZENITH studies led to a loss of clinical equipoise in HYPERION.
January 08, 2025
Panelists discuss how chronic kidney disease (CKD) and uncontrolled hypertension create a damaging cycle, in which hypertension accelerates kidney damage while declining kidney function makes blood pressure harder to control.
January 01, 2025
Panelists discuss how evaluating uncontrolled hypertension in patients with early kidney dysfunction requires a careful investigation of underlying causes, including medication adherence, lifestyle factors, and potential secondary hypertension.