The American Society of Hypertension (abbreviated ASH) was an American non-profit professional society dedicated to advancing research on hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases.
[2][3] In 2006, the society became the center of a dispute over the appropriate role of pharmaceutical industry in medical research.
The dispute prompted several members of an ASH group convened to write a new definition of high blood pressure to resign from the group; those resigning included former ASH president Michael H.
[4] In 2017, the society dissolved and merged with the American Heart Association.
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