Blood pressure control in patients with chronic kidney disease according to office and home blood pressures.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess blood pressure (BP) control in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) according to office and home BP and to assess the prevalence of normal BP, white-coat uncontrolled hypertension (WUCH), masked uncontrolled hypertension (MUCH) and elevated BP.

Methods: Patients with renal failure with or without proteinuria were included in this multicenter observational study. Office BP was first measured by the physician using a self-monitoring BP device (three automatic readings), then by the patient at home (morning and evening) over 3 consecutive days.

Aldosterone-to-renin ratio for diagnosing aldosterone-producing adenoma: a multicentre study.

Background: Biological diagnostic criteria for diagnosing aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) are not well-established.

Aim: The aim of the study was to establish the best biological predictors of APA.

Methods: A prospective register was implemented in 17 secondary or tertiary hypertension centres.

Septic pseudo-aneurysm of the left main trunk in a dialysis patient.

This case report relating the association between a septic pseudo-aneurysm of the left trunk and myocardial infarction underscores the importance of early non-invasive imaging when acute myocardial infarction is associated with frank clinical or biological signs of systemic sepsis.