Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Background Hypertension has now developed into a major public health problem worldwide. Objective This study aimed to systematically evaluate the effect of acupuncture alone or in combination with antihypertensive drugs on the efficiency of reducing blood pressure and controlling blood pressure in elderly patients with hypertension.

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Hypertension Blood Pressure Public Health Pharmacology 64

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is linked to higher rates of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Methods In the retrospective study, patients admitted to our hospital between January 2022 and April 2023 were classified into PH and control groups using ePASP and compared with acoustic cardiographic parameters.

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Heart BMJ

MAY 10, 2024

Objectives The association of pulmonary hypertension (PH) with the outcome after mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) focusing on the new ESC/ERS guidelines definition for PH. to 2.07); p<0.001 and 2022: HR 2.09 (95% CI 1.54 to 2.83); p<0.001).

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Bicuspid/Mitral Pulmonary Hypertension Outcomes 52

DAIC

JUNE 20, 2024

For more information: www.honorhealth.com Related content: Orchestra BioMed Announces Initiation of BACKBEAT Pivotal Study of AVIM Therapy in Hypertensive Pacemaker Patients Orchestra BioMed Granted FDA Approval of IDE to Initiate BACKBEAT Pivotal Study of BackBeat CNT for the Treatment of Hypertension in Pacemaker Patients Orchestra BioMed Announces (..)

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Hypertension Journal

APRIL 2, 2025

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. Among individuals with HDP, we evaluated the association between race, ethnicity, and other socioeconomic factors and (1) postpartum visit attendance and (2) postpartum counseling/screening.RESULTS:Among 42 858 participants with HDP (weighted n=2 011 284), 90% reported attending a postpartum visit.

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Hypertension Medicaid Blood Pressure Risk Factors 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The AAMR declined from 1999 to 2016 (APC -3.0 [-3.3, -2.8]) and rose till 2022 (APC 4.6 [3.4, 17.9]) and NH American Indian or Alaska Native men (1999-2022, APC (-0.6 [-1.6, to 2022, respectively, after an initial decline. to 2022, respectively, after an initial decline. 100000 people). 100000 people).

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Cancer Cardiovascular Disease Cardiac Arrest Heart Disease 40

DAIC

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This new document builds off of the previously published Best Practices for Consumer Cardiovascular Technology Solutions in January 2022. The framework outlines opportunities for the broader integration of the technology into the workflow for screening and diagnosing cardiovascular disease, using AFib and Hypertension as examples.

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Stroke Journal

DECEMBER 9, 2024

BACKGROUND:The focus for reducing hypertension-related cardiovascular disease is the management of blood pressure. Participants were stratified by duration of recognized hypertension: normotensive (0 years), 5 years, 6 to 20 years, or 21+ years. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue 1 , Page 105-112, January 1, 2025. mm Hg (95% CI, 132.0133.1).

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Hypertension Stroke Strokes Blood Pressure 40

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Aim:To examine factors associated with achieving the recommended weekly minimum of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity among wearable device users.Methods:Data from the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS 6) of wearable device users (n = 1,718) were analyzed. were female with a mean (M) age of 48.2 ± 0.36

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Open Heart

MARCH 23, 2023

Background Hypertension is a silent killer that causes serious health issues in all parts of the world. Self-monitoring practice has been identified as an important component of hypertension management. to 18.58)) and knowledge on hypertension self-care (AOR 13.13, 95% CI (4.21 and then exported to SPSS V.25

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American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 5, 2024

What is the impact and prognostic value of the new 2022 European guideline definition of post-capillary pulmonary hypertension (pcPH) in heart failure (HF), which lowered the level of mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)?

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Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

JUNE 27, 2012

The aim was to explore the effect of irbesartan combining with emodin on myocardial remodeling in goldblatt (2K-1C) hypertensive rats. Conclusions: Irbesartan or Emodin or two drugs together can inhibit myocardial remodeling in renovascular hypertension rats probably by reducing TGF-β1 and CTGF expression. Correspondence to: Prof.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Hypertension and obesity were defined using AHA and CDC guidelines. We used logistic regression to estimate the odds of hypertension and obesity among family types adjusted for age and gender and assessed nativity modification using an interaction term.Results:Among 147 Hispanic adults, 56.0% had hypertension, 58.2% had obesity.

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Obesity Risk Factors Hypertension Stroke 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Phase II and III randomized clinical trials were identified by searching the MEDLINE/PubMed, Cochrane Library and ASCO Meeting abstracts, from inception to June 2022. 1.53), but no significant difference was found for any-grade hypertension, and for vascular events. 2.97) and PFS (HR 0.49, 95% CI: 0.39–0.63)

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Myocardial Infarction Hypertension Embolism Pulmonary 64

Circulation

JUNE 4, 2024

Annual inflation-adjusted (2022 US dollars) health care costs of cardiovascular risk factors are projected to triple between 2020 and 2050, from $400 billion to $1344 billion.

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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Stroke Strokes 75

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction:The demographics of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is shifting towards older age, increased comorbidity burden, and an increase in the risk of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction. 2022 were included. Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4146852-A4146852, November 12, 2024.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

IntroductionThe efficacy of blood pressure (BP) reduction of Sacubitril/valsartan has been proved in hypertension patients, yet not in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).

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Hypertension Blood Pressure Stroke Strokes 40

Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 29, 2023

BackgroundPulmonary hypertension (PH) is highly prevalent in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and it is a strong predictor of adverse outcomes. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

MARCH 26, 2025

BACKGROUND:Remote health management programs utilizing evidence-based algorithm-driven virtual care solutions for chronic disease management offer a novel approach to addressing implementation gaps for conditions such as hypertension. Most patient participants were male (n=12) and identified their race and ethnicity as White (n=15).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

A 50-something male with hypertension and 20- to 40-year smoking history presented with 1 week of stuttering chest pain that is worse with exertion, which takes many minutes to resolve after resting and never occurs at rest. It is a ssociated with mild dyspnea on exertion. At times the pain does go to his left neck.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Retrieved July 2, 2022, from [link] Moyé, D. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from [link] Sybrandy, K. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from [link] == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 2/4 /2024 ): == Today's case by Dr. Small-but-present initial Q waves are seen in 4/6 chest leads ( ie, in leads V2,V3,V4,V5 — as per the RED arrows in Figure-1 ).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2022

MY Comment, by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 12/10 /2022 ): == Sometimes an ECG raises more questions than it answers! It takes expertise to find the distinction. Syncope without chest discomfort has a very low pretest probability 4. It is no crime to have a false positive cath lab activation.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 4, 2024

Methods Data were obtained from the electronic medical records of all adult patients at three hospitals between 1 January 2018, and 31 December 2022. Hyperlipidemia, hypertension, age, vegetation size (>10 mm), S. Two predictive models, logistic regression and BN, were used. Results A total of 542 patients [mean (SD) age, 49.6

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Risk Factors Stroke Strokes Hypertension 64

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In patients with associated supine hypertension, the criteria for orthostatic hypotension allows for a drop of at least 30 mm Hg in SBP or 15 mm Hg in DBP. Jordan J, Consensus statement on the definition of orthostatic hypertension endorsed by the American Autonomic Society and the Japanese Society of Hypertension. Hypertension.

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Hypertension Journal

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Hypertension, Volume 80, Issue 12 , Page 2523-2532, December 1, 2023. In 2022, Target: BP™ recognized 1309 health care organizations serving 8.4 million patients with hypertension for prioritizing BP control, 675 of which affirmed performance of evidence-based BP measurement activities and 551 of which reported BP control rates ≥70%.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 2, 2024

Subscribe now 1 Hypertensive therapy: attacking the renin-angiotensin system. Trial of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Older Patients with Hypertension. 2022 Nov 1;7(11):1138-1146. If it’s not in the low 120s systolic range or below, think about what that might mean for you and what you need to do to get there.

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Hypertension Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a common but underdiagnosed cause of hypertension. We distributed the survey through academic medical centers, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Twitter, PA patient advocacy groups, and hypertension support groups on Facebook between March 21 and June 5, 2022.RESULTS:Of

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Quality of Life Hypertension Academic Research 40

DAIC

JUNE 19, 2024

The pipeline of algorithms likely to clear regulatory hurdles and enter the cardiac market over the next 12-18 months include those for Pulmonary Hypertension, Cardiac Amyloidosis, Diastolic dysfunction, and Hyperkalaemia. In April 2022 BMS had received FDA approval for Camzyos, the first drug developed specifically for targeting HCM.

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DAIC

MARCH 26, 2025

2 Most are balancing multiple comorbidities, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD). 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. 4 Approximately 6.7

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Written by Willy Frick with edits by Ken Grauer A woman in her 70s with a history of hypertension presented with acute onset shortness of breath. More than just RBBB — the qR pattern in lead V1 is an ECG indicator of pulmonary hypertension in today's case ( See My Comment in the March 28, 2022 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog ).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:The STRACK project aims to improve post-stroke patient management and the transition from acute to primary care thanks to improvements in patient pathways and monitoring cardiovascular risk factors: heart failure, diabetes, atrial fibrillation, dyslipidemia and hypertension.

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Open Heart

MARCH 1, 2024

Introduction Hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is implicated in half of all strokes and myocardial infarctions. One-third of the adults in Scotland have hypertension yet only a quarter of them have their blood pressure (BP) controlled to target (<140/90 mm Hg).

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Heart BMJ

APRIL 15, 2024

Results Forty participants were recruited between 15 March 2021 and 19 July 2022. 33% of participants had a new finding of hypertension. 33% of participants had a new finding of hypertension. Participants underwent clinical cardiovascular evaluation, ECG, cardiac biomarker evaluation and CMR. years (range 5.9–10.8

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Hypertensive disorders in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy: insights from the ESC EORP PPCM Registry. 2022 Apr 23;15:857-867. They are not wrong statements for sure. It only reflects the complexity of the interaction of PIH with PPCM. The reference 70 & 71 is linked below 70.Jackson Jackson AM, Petrie MC, Frogoudaki A, et al.

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Cardiomyopathy Article Academic Outcomes 52

DAIC

MAY 21, 2024

The study is the largest and most robust of its kind to date, examining 102,475 Hello Heart users with high BP (hypertension) between January 2018 and December 2022. Users were equipped with Hello Heart’s connected heart health monitor and mobile app with digital coaching. of their body weight.

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Hypertension Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. Background:Preeclampsia, a pregnancy-specific condition associated with new-onset hypertension after 20-week gestation, is a leading cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality.

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Open Heart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Methods From November 2022 to May 2024, we conducted an outpatient follow-up of 41 patients receiving WCD. Among the cohort, 54% had hypertension, 41% were smokers and 66% had dyslipidaemia, while 27% were diabetic. Regular check-ups, remote monitoring and comprehensive echocardiography were performed to optimise a tailored therapy.

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