Sometimes you simply have to wait: Sympathetic activity in women with hypertensive pregnancies

摘要

Cardiovascular organ damage takes many years or even decades to ensue. Large epidemiological studies, such as the Framingham Heart Study, have been indispensable in delineating hitherto unknown cardiovascular risk factors. Yet, the sheer size of these studies limits invasiveness and intensity of the physiological characterization. Much of the research applying more sophisticated methodologies in smaller samples has a rather limited time frame. In real life, the data have to be in within a few years to support the next manuscript, grant proposals, or academic promotions. Another approach is to carefully assess patients, to document the findings, and to keep the data in a safe place for the next generation of clinical scientists. Approximately 40 years ago, Swedish scientists laid the foundation for a manuscript published in the present issue of the Journal of Hypertension [1].