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Keep this study
Lead
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
With
Swiss National Fund for Scientific Research
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
HIV-positive and negative patients of African descent and black ethnicity with a documented uncomplicated, untreated arterial hypertension (blood pressure \>/=140/90 mmHg) diagnosed at one of the 2 study sites
You may not be if
Current hospitalization for any reason
Not of African descent
Refusal of an HIV-test or indeterminate HIV test result
History of cardiovascular event in the last month (anginal pain, stroke, myocardial infarction or diagnosis by a doctor)
Symptomatic arterial hypertension (blood pressure \>/=180/110 mmHg plus headache or chest pain) or acute cardiovascular event
acute disease, (e.g. fever \>37.5°C or other signs of acute concomitant infection; Dyspnea/respiratory distress; Acute pain)
Clinical signs of hypertension-mediated organ damage (heart failure, bilateral pitting edema, bilateral crackles or pleural effusion, distended jugular veins, ischemic heart disease (anginal pain on exertion), signs of current ischemic/hemorrhagic stroke (hemiparesis, loss of consciousness)
Pregnancy (test required for females 18-45years of age)
Non-consenting or inability to come for follow-up visits
creatinine clearance \</=30ml/min by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Formula (CK-EPI) estimation and measurement with a point-of care creatinine from capillary blood
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