Hypertension is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular death. Indeed, data from the Heart and Stroke Statistics showed that 45% of the cardiovascular mortality is potentially attributed to hypertension. This worrying scenario has not been changing in the last decades despite the availability of non-pharmacological interventions and the development of several anti-hypertensive classes that effectively contributed to blood pressure (BP) control. – The reasons for our low effectiveness in controlling BP at the population level are multiple, including the […]