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Carcel C, Neal B, Oparil S, Rogers K, Narkiewicz K, Wang JG, Schiffrin EL, Poulter N, Azizi M, Chalmers J. Clinical characteristics, antihypertensive medication use and blood pressure control among patients with treatment resistant hypertension: The Survey of PatIents with treatment ResIstant hyperTension (SPIRIT) study. J Hypertens 37:2216-2224, 2019. doi:10.1097/HJH.0000000000002184. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31415307/

Messerli FH, Roush GC, Oparil S. Chlorthalidone and hydrochlorothiazide for treatment of patients with hypertension. JAMA Intern Med 180(8):1133, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1742. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32568361/

Lackland DT, Howard VJ, Cushman M, Oparil S, Kissela B, Safford MM, Kleindorfer DO, McClure LA, Howard G. Forty-year shifting distribution of systolic blood pressure with population hypertension treatment and control. Circulation 142(16):1524-1531, 2020. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048063. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33016101/

Drawz PE, Agarwal A, Dwyer JP, Horwitz E, Lash J, Lenoir K, McWilliams A, Oparil S, Rahbari-Oskoui F, Rahman M, Parkulo MA, Pemu P, Raj DS, Rocco M, Soman S, Thomas G, Tuot DS, Whelton PK, Pajewski NM. Concordance between blood pressure in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial and in routine clinical practice. JAMA Intern Med 180(12):1655-1663, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5028. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33044494/ 

Bundy JD, Jaeger BC, Huffman MD, Knox SS, Thomas SJ, Shimbo D, Booth Iii JN, Lewis CE, Edwards LJ, Schwartz JE, Muntner P. Twenty-Five-Year Changes in Office and Ambulatory Blood Pressure: Results from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Am J Hypertens hpaa189, 2020. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpaa189. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33201230/ 

Colvin CL, King JB, Oparil S, Wright JT Jr, Ogedegbe G, Mohanty A, Hardy ST, Huang L, Hess R, Muntner P, Bress A. Association of Race/Ethnicity-Specific Changes in Antihypertensive Medication Classes Initiated Among Medicare Beneficiaries With the Eighth Joint National Committee Panel Member Report. JAMA Netw Open 3(11):e2025127, 2020. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.25127. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33206191/

Hyndman KA, Speed JS, Mendoza LD, Allan JM, Colson J, Sedaka R, Jin C, Jung HJ, El-Dahr S, Pollock DM, Pollock JS. Fluid-electrolyte homeostasis requires histone deacetylase function. JCI Insight 5(16):e137792, 2020. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.137792. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32673289/

Akinyelure OP, Sakhuja S, Colvin CL, Clark D 3rd, Jaeger BC, Hardy ST, Howard G, Cohen LP, Irvin MR, Tanner R, Carey RM, Muntner P. Cardiovascular Health and Transition From Controlled Blood Pressure to Apparent Treatment Resistant Hypertension: The Jackson Heart Study and the REGARDS Study. Hypertension 76(6):1953-1961, 2020. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.15890. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33131312/

 Muntner P, Hardy ST, Fine LJ, Jaeger BC, Wozniak G, Levitan EB, Colantonio LD. Trends in Blood Pressure Control Among US Adults With Hypertension, 1999-2000 to 2017-2018. JAMA 324(12):1190-1200, 2020. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.14545. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32902588/

Clark D 3rd, Colantonio LD, Min YI, Hall ME, Zhao H, Mentz RJ, Shimbo D, Ogedegbe G, Howard G, Levitan EB, Jones DW, Correa A, Muntner P. Population-Attributable Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Associated With Hypertension in Black Adults. JAMA Cardiol 4(12):1194-1202, 2019. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.3773. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31642869/

Upadhya B, Lovato LC, Rocco M, Lewis CE, Oparil S, Cushman WC, Kostis JB, Rodriguez CJ, Cho ME, Cloud L, Rastagi A, Rosendorff C, Kitzman DW; for the SPRINT Research Group. Heart failure prevention in older patients using intensive blood pressure reduction: Potential role of diuretics. JACC Heart Fail 7(12):1032-1041, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.jchf.2019.08.018. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31779925/

Jeong J, Zhu H, Harris RA, Dong Y, Su S, Tingen MS, Kapuku G, Pollock JS, Pollock DM, Harshfield GA, Wang X. Ethnic Differences in Nighttime Melatonin and Nighttime Blood Pressure: A Study in European Americans and African Americans. Am J Hypertens 32(10):968-974, 2019. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpz083. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31112592/

Loria AS, Spradley FT, Obi IE, Becker BK, De Miguel C, Speed JS, Pollock DM, Pollock JS. Maternal separation enhances anticontractile perivascular adipose tissue function in male rats on a high-fat diet. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 315(6):R1085-R1095, 2018. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00197.2018. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30256681/

Fox BM, Becker BK, Loria AS, Hyndman KA, Jin C, Clark H, Johns R, Yanagisawa M, Pollock DM, Pollock JS. Acute Pressor Response to Psychosocial Stress Is Dependent on Endothelium-Derived Endothelin-1. J Am Heart Assoc 7(4):e007863, 2018. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007863. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29453306/

Hyndman KA, Mironova EV, Giani JF, Dugas C, Collins J, McDonough AA, Stockand JD, Pollock JS. Collecting Duct Nitric Oxide Synthase 1ß Activation Maintains Sodium Homeostasis During High Sodium Intake Through Suppression of Aldosterone and Renal Angiotensin II Pathways. J Am Heart Assoc 6(10):e006896, 2017. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006896. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29066445/

Becker BK, Feagans AC, Chen D, Kasztan M, Jin C, Speed JS, Pollock JS, Pollock DM. al denervation attenuates hypertension but not salt sensitivity in ETB receptor-deficient rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 313(4):R425-R437, 2017. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00174.2017. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28701323/

Hyndman KA, Boesen EI, Elmarakby AA, Brands MW, Huang P, Kohan DE, Pollock DM, Pollock JS. Renal collecting duct NOS1 maintains fluid-electrolyte homeostasis and blood pressure. Hypertension 62(1):91-8, 2013. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.01291. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23608660/