The Journal of Clinical Hypertension® The Journal of Clinical Hypertension is a peer-reviewed, monthly publication that serves family practitioners, internists, and cardiologists by providing objective, up-to-date information and practical recommendations on the treatment of hypertension. As newer studies are completed, they are summarized and critiqued. Reviews of recent publications in other journals and original papers that focus on the clinical management of hypertension are featured. Official journal of the American Society of Hypertension, Inc.
EDITOR IN CHIEF Marvin Moser, MD
Biography
Official Journal of the American Society of Hypertension Inc.
The mission of the new ASH
EDITORIAL BOARD
ASSOCIATE EDITOR IN CHIEF Thomas G. Pickering, MD, DPhil
SENIOR EDITORS Jan Basile, MD Henry R. Black, MD William Cushman, MD Thomas D. Giles, MD Suzanne Oparil, MD Domenic A. Sica, MD Domenic Sica, MD James R. Sowers, MD Michael A. Weber, MD
SECTION EDITORS Joel Handler, MD Todd C. Kerwin, MD Vasilios Papademetriou, MD Robert A. Phillips, MD, PhD L. Michael Prisant, MD Raymond R. Townsend, MD Donald G. Vidt, MD
EDITORIAL BOARD Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH Kikuo Arakawa, MD Phyllis August, MD, PhD George L. Bakris, MD John D. Bisognano, MD, PhD Michael J. Bloch, MD Stephen Brunton, MD Barry L. Carter, PharmD John Chalmers, MD Jerome D. Cohen, MD Murray Epstein, MD Bonita Falkner, MD Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
Stanley S. Franklin, MD Edward D. Frohlich, MD Richard H. Grimm Jr, MD, MPH, PhD Robert Guthrie, MD Martha N. Hill, PhD, RN Joseph L. Izzo Jr, MD Kenneth A. Jamerson, MD Daniel W. Jones, MD Norman M. Kaplan, MD Kazuomi Kario, MD John B. Kostis, MD Daniel T. Lackland, DrPH Giuseppe Mancia, MD Samuel J. Mann, MD Barry J. Materson, MD, MBA George A. Mensah, MD Nancy Houston Miller, RN, BSN Deborah S. Minor, PharmD Michael A. Moore, MD Martin Myers, MD Joel M. Neutel, MD Wendy S. Post, MD, MS C. Venkata S. Ram, MD John Reid, DM José Márcio Ribeiro, MD, MS, PhD Clive Rosendorff, MD, PhD Luis M. Ruilope, MD Ernesto L. Schiffrin, MD, PhD, FRCPC John F. Setaro, MD Peter Sever, MD Sheldon G. Sheps, MD Ralph Stern, MD, PhD Sandra J. Taler, MD Ronald G. Victor, MD Matthew R. Weir, MD William B. White, MD Jackson T. Wright Jr, MD, PhD Alberto Zanchetti, MD