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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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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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Dishing out the meds

The British Journal of Cardiology

Twenty years ago, Wald and Law 1 hypothesised that, if a combination pill could be made including aspirin, folic acid, a statin, and a low-dose diuretic, beta blocker and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor (thus, allowing for the simultaneous modification of four different risk factors: low-density lipoprotein [LDL]-cholesterol, blood pressure, (..)

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Understanding an Enlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

MIBHS

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) Persistent high blood pressure forces the heart to work harder to pump blood. Medications Medications are often the first line of treatment for cardiomegaly and can include: ACE inhibitors or ARBs , which help lower blood pressure and reduce the workload on the heart.

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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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"Exercise in a Pill": The Next Biohack or a Far-off Fantasy?

Physiologically Speaking

ACE inhibitors block the angiotensin-converting enzyme to reduce blood pressure. Find a pill that can increase mitochondrial content, improve your VO2 max, increase your bench press, lower your blood pressure, and increase cognitive function, and then we can start to discuss the possibility of a exercise in a drug.

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What is wrong with the NHS? Part two.

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

They would have their blood pressure measured and put on antihypertensives. Anyone with diabetes would be prescribed blood sugar lowering medications. For example, the percentage of their patients with high blood pressure where it is successfully lowered to achieve the required level e.g., < 140/90mmHg – or less 1.