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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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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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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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Efficacy and safety of angiotensin receptor–neprilysin inhibition in heart failure patients with end‐stage kidney disease on maintenance dialysis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

European Journal of Heart Failure

Meta-analysis on the main outcomes of angiotensin receptorneprilysin inhibitor (ARNI) in heart failure (HF) patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on dialysis. Abstract Aims Angiotensin receptorneprilysin inhibitor (ARNI) has played an increasingly important role in the management of heart failure (HF).

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Adverse Effects of Aldosterone: Beyond Blood Pressure

Journal of the American Heart Association

Classically, activation of the MR in the renal tubular epithelium is responsible for sodium retention and volume expansion, raising systemic blood pressure.

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Abstract 4142036: Association of smoking status with incident heart failure among patients with chronic kidney disease: Insights from CRIC

Circulation

Introduction:Smoking is a well-known risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and kidney failure among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the association of former and current smoking status (vs.

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Kidney Week 2023: Top Ten Takeaways

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Key findings presented at the conference included disparities in access to kidney transplantation and waitlisting based on race and neighborhood characteristics, racial and ethnic differences in incident chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the use of motivational strategies to improve dialysis nonadherence among African American patients.