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Validation of the detection of the salt sensitivity of blood pressure from 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring data

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This study, conducted in the DASH-Sodium dataset, validates the identification of a high-risk salt sensitivity index, based on 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, as a generalizable, easily implementable approach for the clinical diagnosis of the salt sensitivity of blood pressure. As this approach possesses greater sensitivity and comparable accuracy to the furosemide-based inpatient protocol, we believe that the assessment of the salt sensitivity index in hypertensive patients represents an advance in precision hypertension management.

Source: American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00460.2026

Authors: Xiangyu Zheng, Leonardo Máximo Cardoso, Christopher Dieffenthaller, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Puja K. Mehta, Richard D. Wainford

Institutions: Emory University, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Language: English

Topic: Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Hevolution Foundation, American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging