This journal intends to provide clear, insightful, balanced contributions by international experts that review the most important, recently published clinical findings related to the diagnosis, treatment, management, and prevention of hypertension.

We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas, such as antihypertensive therapies, associated metabolic disorders, and therapeutic trials. Section Editors, in turn, select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance, highlighted by annotated reference lists. An international Editorial Board reviews the annual table of contents, suggests articles of special interest to their country/region, and ensures that topics are current and include emerging research. Commentaries from well-known figures in the field are also provided.

Suzanne Oparil, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Sang Hong Baek (The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea)
Luiz A. Bortolotto (São Paulo University School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil)
Louise M. Burrell (The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
David A. Calhoun (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA)
Elena Casarini (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
Chern-En Chiang (Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan)
Renata Cifkova (Charles University in Prague, First Faculty of Medicine and Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic)
Luciano Drager (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
Brent M. Egan (University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Toshiro Fujita (Tokyo, Japan)
Joel Handler (Kaiser Permanente, Southern California Permanente Medical Group , Anaheim, California, USA)
Maria Claudia Irigoyen (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
Kazuomi Kario (Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan)
Richard E. Katholi (University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville , Virginia, USA)
Sverre E. Kjeldsen (University of Oslo Medical School, Oslo, Norway)
John B. Kostis (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA)
José Eduardo Krieger (University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
Carolyn Lamb (National University Heart Center, Singapore)
Hae-Young Lee (Seoul National University College of Medicine, South Korea)
Felix Mahfoud (J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany)
Azra Mahmud (King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudia Arabia)
Elizabeth Muxfeldt (University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho Medical School, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Giuseppe Mancia (San Gerardo University Hospital, Monza, Italy)
Jean-Pierre Montani (University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland)
Toshio Ogihara (Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences, Osaka, Japan)
Dorairaj Prabhakaran (Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, India)
Hiromi Rakugi (Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan)
C. Venkata S. Ram (Apollo Institute for Blood Pressure Management, New Delhi, India)
Robson A. S. Santos (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Alta Schutte (North-West University, South Africa)
Daichi Shimbo (Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA)
S. Justin Thomas (University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama)
Jiguang Wang (Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China)
Michael Weber (The State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York)
Bryan Williams (University College London, London, United Kingdom)
Lijing L. Yan (Duke Kushan University, Jiangsu, China)
Yuichiro Yano (Duke University and Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan)
2019 SECTIONS AND SECTION EDITORS
Mechanisms of Hypertension and Target-Organ Damage: John E. Hall & Michael E. Hall (University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi)
Implementation to Increase Blood Pressure Control: What Works?: Jeffrey Brettler & Kristi Reynolds (Kaiser Permanente Research, Pasadena, California)
Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome: John Sperati (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland)
Antihypertensive Agents: Mechanisms of Drug Action: Michael E. Ernst, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa)
Hypertension and the Heart: Bharathi Upadhya (Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina)
Hypertension and Obesity: Efrain Reisin (Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana)
Hypertension and the Kidney: Robert M. Carey (University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia)
Inflammation and Cardiovascular Diseases: Annet Kirabo (Vanderbilt University College of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee)
Pediatric Hypertension: Bonita Falkner (Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Nutrition and Hypertension: Trevor Mori (University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia)
Novel Treatments for Hypertension: C. Venkata S. Ram (Apollo Institute for Blood Pressure Management, New Delhi, India)
Resistant Hypertension: Luciano Drager (University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil)
Device-Based Approaches for Hypertension: Markus Schlaich (The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia)
Preeclampsia: Vesna D. Garovic (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota)
Prevention of Hypertension: Public Health Challenges: Yuichiro Yano (Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan)
Blood Pressure Monitoring and Management: John Cockcroft (Heart Research Institute, Cardiff, Wales, and Visiting Professor, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York)
Pulmonary Hypertension: James R. Klinger (The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island)
Hypertension and Emergency Medicine: Timothy Rainer (Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales) & Phillip Levy (Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan)
Guidelines/ Clinical Trials/Meta-Analysis: William J. Kostis (Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Secondary Hypertension: Nervous System Mechanisms: Michael Wyss (University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama)
Hypertension and the Brain:
Sleep and Hypertension: S. Justin Thomas (University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama)
Telemedicine and Technology: Hayden B. Bosworth (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina)