Circulation On The Run

This week, join author Makoto Hibino and editorialist Christoph Nienaber as they discuss the article "Blood Pressure, Hypertension, and the Risk of Aortic Dissection Incidence and Mortality: Results From the J-SCH Study, the UK Biobank Study, and a Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies" and accompanying editorial "Taming Hypertension to Prevent Aortic Dissection: Universal Recognition of a "New Normal" Blood Pressure?" Dr. Carolyn Lam: Welcome to Circulation on the Run, your weekly podcast summary and backstage pass to the journal and its editors. We're your co-hosts. I'm Dr. Carolyn Lam, associate editor from the National Heart Center and Duke National University of Singapore. Dr. Greg Hundley: And I'm Dr. Greg Hundley, associate editor, director of the Poly Heart Center at VCU Health in Richmond, Virginia. Well, Carolyn this week's feature discussion. Oh, very interesting. We are going to delve into results from the Japan specific health checkup study, as well as the UK Bio bank study and also a meta-analysis of