American Heart Association Hypertension 2020


Sept 10-13, 2020


The meeting will focus on recent advances in hypertension research and foster connections among experts in hypertension and its relationship to cardiac and kidney disease, stroke, obesity and genetics. AHA’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions is a collaborative effort between AHA’s Council on Hypertension and Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease. View oral and poster presentations.



Oral Presentation

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  1. A Bhattaru, C Rojulpote, R Ghorpade, PE Bravo, S Patil, K Gonuguntla, P Karambelkar, K Vuthaluru, V Zhang, TJ Werner, A Alavi. Correlation Between Blood Pressure And Inflammation In The Thoracic Aorta Of HIV Patients With And Without Cocaine Use As Assessed By FDG-PET/CT. Hypertension. September 9th, 2020.

Poster Presentation

  1. A Bhattaru, R Ghorpade, C Rojulpote, PE Bravo, S Patil, K Gonuguntla, P Karambelkar, K Vuthaluru, V Zhang, TJ Werner, A Alavi. Correlation Between Blood Pressure And Left Ventricular Metabolism In HIV Individuals With And Without Cocaine Use As Assessed By FDG-PET/CT. Hypertension. September 9th, 2020.