The Inter-American Society of Hypertension (IASH) is a non-profit organization devoted to the understanding, prevention, and control of hypertension and vascular diseases with emphasis on bridging basic, translational, and clinical research across the Americas.
Membership is extended to scientists, physicians, and health care providers from 20 different countries in the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia. Anyone interested in the field of hypertension, cardiometabolic risk factors, and cardiovascular diseases is welcome to join the society.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), a specific high-affinity angiotensin II-hydrolytic enzyme, is the vector that facilitates cellular entry of SARS-CoV-1 and the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. SARS-CoV-2, which crossed species barriers to infect humans […]
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A collective century of discoveries establishes the importance of the renin angiotensin aldosterone systemin maintaining blood pressure, fluid volume and electrolyte homeostasis via autocrine […]
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Speakers who will participate in the International Forum on Arterial Hypertension: Dr. Luis Alcocer, Dr. Carlos Ferrario, Dr. José Ramón González Juanatey, Dr. Ernesto Cardona Muñoz.
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There is pressing urgency to understand the pathogenesis of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus clade 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the disease COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) […]
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There is pressing urgency to understand the pathogenesis of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus clade 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the disease COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 […]
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A potential association between the use of angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) and angiotensin-converting–enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has not been well studied […]
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Initial exam, different courses in video format, live webinars. Courses, discussion forum, chat with IASH and with medical colleagues.
IASH will provide certifications to all doctors who successfully complete the final exams of the courses taken on the E-Learning platform.
This section was developed for people with hypertension or their relatives, to obtain information on the pathology.
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