The CME “snow bird” case was written to illustrate the importance of treating hypertension
and to illustrate that compliance with medication depends on the physician being aware of …

Discussion This 70-year-old woman with diabetes and untreated hypertension presents with
a first symptomatic ischemic stroke. Her physical examination and cardiac studies show …

Hypertension, the subject of two articles written by Phillips and associates in this issue of the
Proceedings (pages 691 to 699 and 700 to 706), is the most pervasive, chronic, remediable …

Discussion This 70-year-old woman with diabetes and untreated hypertension presents with
a first symptomatic ischemic stroke. Her physical examination and cardiac studies show …

To the Editor The authors of this Viewpoint1 should be commended for calling attention to
the overdue and underrecognized importance of hypertension, which accounts for 13% of …

Abstract A 71-year-old, Caucasian female, retired (former employee), presented to the
outpatient clinic for uncontrolled hypertension. The patient refers history of essential …

Persistence of the controversy over whether hypertension should be treated in acute
ischemic stroke is a testament to the power of tradition and authority in medicine. It also …

Background: Hypertension is the most important modifiable cause of stroke. The Canadian
Hypertension Educational Program, representing Canada's experts in the field of …

E-mail: clive. rosendorff@ va. gov thE JOUrNaL Of CLiNiCaL hypErtENsiON VOL. 10 NO. 6
JUNE 2008 426 specialists who defend the hands-off approach to poststroke hypertension …

A 54-year-old man presented for his first office visit looking for an alternative to prescription
medications to treat his newly diagnosed hypertension. His blood pressure had always been …