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Adverse Social Determinants of Health Linked to Treatment-resistant Hypertension in Black Americans

DAIC

Apparent treatment-resistant hypertension is defined as the need to take three or more types of anti-high blood pressure medication daily and is associated with an increased risk for stroke , coronary heart disease , heart failure , and all-cause mortality. Over a period of 9.5 of white adults.

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Beating the Odds: Inside the Tribe with a Near-Zero Rate of Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Subscribe now Blood Pressure Approximately 50% of all Western adults have high blood pressure 7. The majority of this high blood pressure is undiagnosed and, therefore, untreated. As a consequence, high blood pressure is the single most important risk factor for early death worldwide 8.

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Changes in Cerebral Hemodynamics and Progression of Subclinical Vascular Brain Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Stroke Journal

Participants underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging scans every 3 to 4 years between 2005 and 2016. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured through 2-dimensional phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging; the cerebrovascular resistance index (CVRi) was defined as the ratio of mean arterial blood pressure to total CBF.

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How To Test For Insulin Resistance

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Insulin resistance is a core risk factor for the three leading causes of death: Cardiovascular Disease Cancer Dementia. Elevated blood pressure > 130mmHg (Systolic) Abnormal fasting glucose High Triglycerides - > 1.7 Subscribe now Take cardiovascular disease, for example. mmol/l (39 mg/dl), Females < 1.3

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Finally, much of this correlates well with The new Canadian Syncope Arrhythmia Risk Score , just published in 2016, results of which are given below in the Annotated Bibliography. Any ED systolic blood pressure less than 90 or greater than 180 mm Hg (+1) 4. It's complicated, but they derived a score based on these variables: 1.