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How High Blood Pressure Affects Your Heart and What You Can Do About It

MIBHS

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a common condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Understanding how high blood pressure impacts your heart and learning to manage it can significantly reduce your risk of heart disease and improve your overall health. What Is High Blood Pressure?

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Diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension

Heart BMJ

Resistant hypertension is a condition where blood pressure levels remain elevated above target despite changes in lifestyle and concurrent use of at least three antihypertensive agents, including a long-acting calcium channel blocker (CCB), a blocker of the renin-angiotensin system (ACE inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker) and a diuretic.

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Hypertension in aortic coarctation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Early after correction, intravenous antihypertensive agents, such as sodium nitroprusside, esmolol, and labetalol, are commonly used to stabilize blood pressure and reduce the risk of complications like cerebral hemorrhage.

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Medications for Congenital Heart Disease: What Every Parent Should Know

Conquering CHD

ACE Inhibitors WHAT THEY DO : ACE inhibitors block the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) which causes narrowing of blood vessels. Blocking this enzyme helps relax blood vessels so there is a wider opening for better blood flow.

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Abstract TMP97: Temporal Trends in Black-White Differences of Antihypertensive Treatment in Individuals With and Without History of Stroke: Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS)

Stroke Journal

Introduction:In 2014, the Eighth Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC8) included race-specific recommendations for antihypertensive treatments (e.g. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATMP97-ATMP97, February 1, 2024.

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What Should Your Blood Pressure Be?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

“What should my blood pressure be?” The problem is that high blood pressure is not some obscure risk that only impacts a small percentage of the population. The problem is that high blood pressure is not some obscure risk that only impacts a small percentage of the population.

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Pericarditis

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

The problem of course is that non-steroidals can increase the risk of ulcers by 4-fold and they can also increase blood pressure and affect the kidneys and therefore may not be for everyone and it is always good to check with the doctor to see if these would be indicated in you.