1. Arterial stiffness in arterial hypertension

   • Stephane Laurent

   Invited Commentary Pages: 179 - 180

2. Web alert

   • Adam Weinstein

   News Pages: 181 - 182

3. Hypertension and heart failure: Diagnosis and management

   • Kevin A. Courville
   • Hector O. Ventura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 190

4. Inflammation and the metabolic syndrome: Role of angiotensin II and oxidative stress

   • León Ferder
   • Felipe Inserra
   • Manuel Martínez-Maldonado

   OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 198

5. Blood pressure variability: Its measurement and significance in hypertension

   • Gianfranco Parati
   • Andrea Faini
   • Mariaconsuelo Valentini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 204

6. Effect of dark chocolate on arterial function in healthy individuals: Cocoa instead of ambrosia?

   • Charalambos Vlachopoulos
   • Nikolaos Alexopoulos
   • Christodoulos Stefanadis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 211

7. Effect of interaction between left ventricular dysfunction and endothelial function in hypertension

   • Angela Sciacqua
   • Francesco Borrello
   • Francesco Perticone

   OriginalPaper Pages: 212 - 218

8. Is population-wide diuretic use directly associated with the incidence of end-stage renal disease in the united states?

   • Ralph G. Hawkins

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 225

9. Clinical trials report

   • Suzanne Oparil

   BriefCommunication Pages: 229 - 231

10. Reactive oxygen species in the neuropathogenesis of hypertension

    • Jeffrey R. Peterson
    • Ram V. Sharma
    • Robin L. Davisson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 232 - 241

11. Renal sympathetic nerve activity in the development of hypertension

    • Simon C. Malpas
    • Rohit Ramchandra
    • Carolyn J. Barrett

    OriginalPaper Pages: 242 - 248

12. Arterial baroreceptor input contributes to long-term control of blood pressure

    • Terry N. Thrasher

    OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 254

13. Hypertension and the expanding role of aldosterone

    • Scott M. MacKenzie
    • John M. C. Connell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 261

14. Aldosterone breakthrough during ras blockade: A role for endothelins and their antagonists?

    • Gian Paolo Rossi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 262 - 268