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We are delighted to share with you the December 2025 issue of Hypertension News.

Introduction

GEORGE STERGIOU (GREECE)

2025 position statement by the British and Irish Hypertension Society on BP
treatment thresholds and targets: lower, better, or just moving?
NADIA KHAN (CANADA)

2025 AHA/ACC multi-society guidelines for hypertension: Recommendations for the US – Messages to the world
GEORGE STERGIOU (GREECE), KAZUOMI KARIO (JAPAN) AND BRYAN WILLIAMS  (UK)

When and how to reduce antihypertensive treatment in nursing home residents:
results of the RETREAT-FRAIL trial
ATHANASE BENETOS (FRANCE)

Baxdrostat, an aldosterone synthase inhibitor, a novel mechanism for uncontrolled
hypertension
ERIKA S. W. JONES (SOUTH AFRICA) AND BRYAN WILLIAMS (UK)

Efficacy and safety of esaxerenone with and without sodium–glucosecotransporter-2
inhibitor use in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a pooled analysis
of five clinical studies
HIROHIKO MOTOKI AND KOICHIRO KUWAHARA (JAPAN)

Renal denervation for hypertension in 2025: Where do we stand with this?KONSTANTINOS TSIOUFIS (ATHENS)

Renal denervation is durable: Insights from the Global Symplicity Clinical ProgramFELIX MAHFOUD (SWITZERLAND)

Renal denervation: Bridging the gap in resistant hypertension managementNICOLAS F. RENNA, PABLO RODRIGUEZ AND VICTORIA FERRETI (ARGENTINA)

Are hypertensive disorders of pregnancy an overlooked predictor in cardiovascular
risk assessment in women?
VICTORIA H. CHEN, NATALIE A. BELLO, AND JENNIFER L. CLUETT (USA)

Nocturnal hypertension in pregnant women, cause or consequence of placental ischemia?
MARTIN R. SALAZAR AND WALTER G. ESPECHE (ARGENTINA)

Fibromuscular Dysplasia – personal trajectory and joint achievements
ALEXANDRE PERSU (BELGIUM)

Diagnosis and treatment of renal artery stenosis
PETER W. DE LEEUW AND ABRAHAM A. KROON (THE NETHERLANDS)

Taking the bull by the horn – efforts at addressing hypertension and related diseases
in Africa with focus on Ghana
ALFRED DOKU (GHANA), JULIETTE EDZEAME (GHANA), CAROLINE MTAITA(GERMANY) AND GILBERT BOAKYE (GHANA)

Early detection of pre-heart failure in hypertension: bringing cardiac biomarkers and
echocardiography into everyday practice
ANPING CAI AND YINGQING FENG (CHINA)

When sodium meets potassium: a systems model of blood pressure control
ANITA T. LAYTON (CANADA)

Call to incorporate potassium-enriched salt into hypertension guidelines
XIAOYUE XU, BRUCE NEAL, ALTA SCHUTTE (AUSTRALIA)

Full-spectrum CBD oil: a promising ally against hypertension?
JOSIANE CRUZ (BRAZIL)

Adherence strategies in arterial hypertension: The ISH call to action
DAGNOVAR ARISTIZABAL (COLOMBIA)

Improving medication adherence and hypertension control: the essence of a global
movement
DANIEL PIÑEIRO (ARGENTINA), SEAN TAYLOR (SWITZERLAND) AND JAGAT NARULA
(USA)

Through the CAT’s eye: seeing non-adherence clearly
PANKAJ GUPTA AND PRASHANTH PATEL (UK)

Is my patient ready for antihypertensive medication?
CESAR ROMERO (USA)