What's new in hypertension?

This editorial comment intends to inform readers of Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation once a year on new information in the field of hypertension that has not been published in nephrological journals. We will review manuscripts from early 2005 to autumn 2006. Obviously, the choice of topics and manuscripts will be very subjective. Information on hypertension is published—apart from nephrology journals—in almost 10 specialty journals of hypertension and in many other areas; Medline lists 9973 citations in 2005 under the term ‘hypertension’, of which 1861 are reviews.