Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Krystyna Widecka, Department of Hypertension and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Vice Editor
Prof. Grzegorz Dzida, Department of Internal Diseases Medical University of Lublin, Poland

Past Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Andrzej Rynkiewicz, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Cardiology and Cardiosurgery, Division of Cardiology and Internal Diseases, Olsztyn, Poland
Prof. Andrzej Tykarski, Department of Hypertension, Vascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Editorial Assistants
Marta Sołtysiak, MD, Department of Hypertension and Internal Diseases, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Managing Editor
Justyna Łapińska, Via Medica, Poland

Editorial Board
Prof. Renata Cifková, Center for Cardiovascular Prevention, Charles University Medical School and Thomayer Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. Stanisław Czekalski, Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Anna Dominiczak, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Vice-Principal and Head of College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Prof. Jarosław Fedorowski, CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh, New York, US
Prof. Krzysztof J. Filipiak, 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong, Department of Internal Medicine and Hypertension, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Jerzy Głuszek, Chair and Clinic of Hypertensiology, Angiology and Internal Diseases, Medical University, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Tomasz Grodzicki, Department of Internal Medicine and Gerontology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
Prof. Peter Gross, Schwerpunktprofessur für Nephrologie, Univ. Klinikum C.G. Carus, Dresden, Germany
Thomas Hedner, MD, PhD, Professor In Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Head of the Biomedical Entrepreneurship Programme, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
Peter Heering, MD, PhD, Abteilung für Physik und ihre Didaktik und Geschichte, Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany
Prof. Andrzej Januszewicz, Department of Hypertension, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Włodzimierz Januszewicz, Warsaw, Poland
Stevo Julius, Active emeritus Professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology, University of Michigan, Michigan, US
Prof. Kalina Kawecka-Jaszcz, Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Kraków, Poland
Prof. Sverre E. Kjeldsen, University of Oslo, Ullevaal Hospital Department of Cardiology, Norway
Prof. Franciszek Kokot, Department of Nephrology, Transplantology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Prof. Barbara Krupa-Wojciechowska, Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Prof. Krzysztof Marczewski, Department of Nephrology Endocrinology Metabolic and Internal Diseases Pope John Paul II Regional Hospital Zamość, Poland

Prof. Franz Messerli, Mount Sinai Health Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine Division of Cardiology, New York, US
Marius Miglinas, MD, PhD, Nephrology Center Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos, Lithuania
Prof. Peter Nilsson, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
Prof. Grzegorz Opolski, 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Paolo Palatini, Vascular Medicine Department of Internal Medicine University of Padova, Padua, Italy
Prof. Peter T. Sawicki, Institute for Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology, Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Prof. Roland Schmieder, Clinical Research Unit of Hypertension and Vascular Medicine, Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Prof. Jan Staessen, Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Science, Campus Sint Rafael, Leuven, Belgium
Katarzyna Stolarz-Skrzypek, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Interventional Electrocardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
Prof. Marek Sznajderman, Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Margus Viigimaa, North Estonia Medical Centre, Estonia
Prof. Andrzej Więcek, Department of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases at the Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Prof. John Yudkin, Division of Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Tomasz Zdrojewski, MD, PhD, Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland


Theme editor: Resistant hypertension and interventional therapy of hypertens
Prof. Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

Theme editor: Hypertension in children and adolescents
Prof. Mieczysław Litwin, Department of Nephrology and Arterial Hypertension, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Theme editor: Pharmacologic treatment of hypertension
Prof. Andrzej Tykarski, Department of Hypertension, Vascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland
Prof. Krzysztof J. Filipiak, 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Theme editor: Secondary hypertension
Prof. Andrzej Januszewicz, Department of Hypertension, The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
Aleksander Prejbisz, MD, PhD, Department of Hypertension Institute of Cardiology Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Theme editor: Pathogenesis and epidemiology of arterial hypertension
Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong, Department of Internal Medicine and Hypertension, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Theme editor: Renal hypertension
Prof. Jacek Manitius, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Internal Medicine Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland