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HEFT delivers novel therapy for resistant hyperten

Heart of England have become the first Trust in the Midlands, and one of the handful of Trusts in the UK, to deliver a novel therapy in the form of renal sympathetic denervation (RDN) to patients with resistant hypertension.

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New NICE guidelines - The update of the BHS/NICE guidelines (CG 127), released Wednesday 24th August 2011, recommends that a diagnosis of hypertension should be confirmed using 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) as the method of choice. T

Lord Mayor`s Big Birmingham Blood Pressure Challenge Lisa Tebbit and Carl Richardson from the West Midlands Hypertension Centre will be there from 10:30 to 14:30 to take your blood pressure and set a new world record. Contact Lisa on 0121 424 3161

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New this week is a guide from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on predicted blood pressure from clinic levels, which can be found in the Ambulatory BPM section of the site and an article about DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension)

Health professionals articles

Some new articles of interest have been added to the site that will be of interest to Health professionals and patients alike, they are to be found in the Health Professionals section of the website.

Even more updates

New video and leaflets

More changes to the site on the way

Update on what is happening and what is planned before the official launch of the site.

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The update of the BHS/NICE guidelines (CG 127), released Wednesday 24^th August 2011, recommends that a diagnosis of hypertension should be confirmed using 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) as the method of choice. There are other significant changes to the guidance - for example, Bendroflumethiazide is no longer the thiazide like diuretic of choice.

NICE press release about the new guidelines for August 2011

August 2011 NICE new guidelines for Hypertension

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