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Treatment and Control of Hypertension Among Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease, 2011 to 2019

Hypertension Journal

BACKGROUND:Hypertension frequently accompanies chronic kidney disease (CKD) as etiology and sequela. in 2015, and then increased to 72.9% Hypertension, Volume 80, Issue 12 , Page 2533-2543, December 1, 2023. Between 2011 and 2014, the age-adjusted proportion of adults with controlled BP declined from 78.0%

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Dialysis Modality and Incident Stroke Among Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Registry-Based Cohort Study

Stroke Journal

BACKGROUND:Patients with end-stage kidney disease undergoing dialysis are at significant risk of stroke. Whether dialysis modality is associated with cerebrovascular disease is unclear. women) by propensity score in a 1:3 ratio with follow-up through December 31, 2015.

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America’s Growing CVD Problem

CardiacWire

had no CKM syndrome risk factors, while 26% were at Stage 1 (overweight, prediabetes), 49% were Stage 2 (hypertension, diabetes, CKD), 5% had Stage 3 (kidney disease or high CVD risks), and 9% were Stage 4 (heart disease, with or without kidney disease). A JAMA analysis of 11k adults revealed that only 10.6%

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National A-Fib Numbers Higher Than Previously Thought

DAIC

percent of the patients treated between 2005 and 2009 to 6.82% of the patients treated between 2015 and 2019. The study appears Sept. 11 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology JACC. About 2 million of these people had been diagnosed with A-Fib, and the numbers grew over time, rising from 4.49

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Overall Sleep Quality Is Associated With Advanced Stages in Patients With Cardiovascular–Kidney–Metabolic Syndrome

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundIn 2023, the American Heart Association defined the concept of cardiovascularkidneymetabolic (CKM) syndrome as a health disorder ascribed to connections among obesity, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease. CKM syndrome stages 3 and 4 are considered advanced.

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Abstract WP252: MARS: Migraine and Retinal Stroke - A Population-Based Cohort Study of 39 Million Patients

Stroke Journal

Methods:We performed a retrospective cohort study using population-based data from the State Inpatient Databases and State Emergency Department Databases from New York (2006-2015), California (2003-2011), and Florida (2005-2015) to determine the association between hospital-documented migraine and retinal stroke. vs. 5.1%, SD 0.12).

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Why Your Blood Pressure Probably Isn't Normal & What You Need To Do About It.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

And if it’s not, your risk of: Heart disease. Kidney disease. 2015 Nov 26;373(22):2103-16. Of course, there will be exceptions to this figure. But odds are, your blood pressure should be in this range. Heart attack. Dementia An early death. What is high blood pressure? N Engl J Med.