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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. Often referred to as the silent killer, hypertension can quietly damage your heart and other vital organs over time. What Is High Blood Pressure?

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Bayer to Present New Investigational Heart Failure Data, Continued Portfolio Research in Chronic Kidney Disease at ACC.25

DAIC

Ten presentations will feature new data from the pivotal Phase III FINEARTS-HF cardiovascular (CV) outcomes trial, which investigated KERENDIA for treatingt adult patients with heart failure (HF) with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 40%, i.e., mildly reduced LVEF (HFmrEF) or preserved LVEF (HFpEF). Additional ACC.25

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Hyperuricaemia elevates risk of short-term readmission and mortality in patients with heart failure

Open Heart

Background Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Results Baseline characteristics revealed significant differences between NUA and HUA groups, with the latter exhibiting a higher prevalence of males, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and elevated levels of various biomarkers.

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

Dr. Paddy Barrett

We do a terrible job of identifying and managing high blood pressure. And we still do an awful job of identifying and managing high blood pressure. As a risk factor for death, high blood pressure is responsible for more deaths than any other risk factor, including smoking. What Is Normal Blood Pressure?

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2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation

METHODS:The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing.

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One Of The Biggest Impact Things You Can Do To Live Longer.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Death from heart disease: 51% reduction in risk. High Blood Pressure: 37% reduction in risk. Heart Failure: 69% reduction in risk. Kidney Disease: 42% reduction in risk. Death from any cause: 53% reduction in risk. Cancer deaths: 43% reduction in risk. Dementia: 64% reduction in risk.

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Finerenone’s Early Heart Failure Impact

CardiacWire

Finerenone is a non-steroidal, selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (nsMRA), blocking the mineralocorticoid receptor and its blood pressure effects. Finerenone is already approved to reduce cardiovascular and kidney disease risks in patients with type 2 diabetes-associated CKD, but not for HF.