Med Page Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- The cardiovascular outcome benefit of a tighter systolic blood pressure target was affirmed in patients with type 2 diabetes in the randomized BPROAD trial from China. A target of less than 120 mm Hg reduced a composite.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 2, 2024

“What should my blood pressure be?” The US President, Franklin D Roosevelt, had his blood pressure tracked throughout his term in office, and the numbers are pretty stark. Shortly before he died, his blood pressure was measured at 350/195 mmHg 1. Just good blood pressure control.

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The New England Journal of Medicine

MARCH 26, 2025

In this trial, patients with type 2 diabetes had a lower incidence of major cardiovascular outcomes with a systolic blood-pressure target of less than 120 mm Hg than with a target of less than 140 mm Hg.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The replacement of regular salt with a salt substitute can reduce incidences of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in older adults without increasing their risk of low blood pressure episodes, according to a study published in the Feb. 2024 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

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European Journal of Heart Failure

JANUARY 12, 2024

Abstract Background Existing data on the association between blood pressure levels and adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF) are inconsistent. The optimal blood pressure targets for patients with HF remain uncertain.

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JAMA Cardiology

JANUARY 28, 2025

Blood pressure control among individuals with hypertension in both high-income and in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is low, resulting in avoidable and expensive strokes, heart attacks, kidney failure, dementia, and other negative health outcomes.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 2, 2025

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The changes in mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) level during the 24-week follow-up period in different groups were examined primarily. The secondary outcome was the changes in diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and blood pressure (BP) control rate during the study.

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NEJM Journal Watch - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Observational data confirm an association between longer time in target range and reduced incidence of CVD and premature death.

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Cardiology Update

JULY 22, 2024

A study published in The Lancet reveals that targeting a systolic blood pressure of less than 120 mm Hg significantly reduces cardiovascular events in high-risk patients, compared to the standard target of less than 140 mm Hg. Key Findings – Blood Pressure Levels: The mean systolic blood pressure during follow-up was 119.1

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Why Telehealth is Essential for Hypertension For patients with hypertension, managing blood pressure outside of the office is crucial. As Dr. Shimbo points out, a brief 5-10-minute doctor’s visit may not give an accurate reflection of a patient’s blood pressure in the real world.

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DAIC

MARCH 10, 2025

Yasser Sammour, MD, MScpresented "Long-Term Hemodynamic Performance and Clinical Outcomes in Small and Large Aortic Annuli Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis."This The association of BVD with clinical outcomes (unadjusted for covariates) was evaluated by small and large annuli (CT annular diameter 23 vs >23 mm).

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Circulation

JANUARY 27, 2025

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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Open Heart

JANUARY 11, 2024

This study aimed to investigate the association between the use of GTN before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ACS and clinical outcomes. Pre-PCI systolic blood pressure was significantly lower in the GTN group than in the non-GTN group (median (IQR); 132.0 –143.5) mm Hg vs 134.0 –157.0)

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Studies were assessed using the Cochrane risk of bias tool and analyzed with a random-effects network meta-analysis.ResultsThe review included 2,034 participants from 43 studies.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Normal Blood Pressure. The study found that the higher/better a person’s LE8 score was, the less likely each of these three outcomes was to occur. Just the same as you would expect with a blood pressure-lowering or cholesterol-lowering medication. Not smoking. Adequate Sleep. Normal Cholesterol Levels.

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Heart BMJ

MAY 10, 2024

Objective The management of blood pressure (BP) in acute ischaemic stroke remains a subject of controversy. This investigation aimed to explore the relationship between 24-hour BP patterns following ischaemic stroke and clinical outcomes. to 1.10), 0.70 (0.53 to 0.93), 0.64 (0.47 to 0.86) and 0.47 (0.33 to 1.10), 0.70 (0.53

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Take a 40-year-old male who is overweight but not obese, has a systolic blood pressure of 135 mmHg and an LDL cholesterol of 4.1 If you take the exact same person and now correct their blood pressure into the 120 mmHg systolic range and measure their Lp(a), which, if elevated, changes the potential outcomes dramatically.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 28, 2024

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have discovered that a genetic risk score can predict how Black individuals with hypertension respond to the blood pressure medication chlorthalidone and their likelihood of developing treatment-resistant hypertension.

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Physiologically Speaking

APRIL 26, 2024

Prolonged sitting also leads to a bending of major arteries in our legs, leading to a blood flow pattern known as turbulent flow, blood pooling, impaired circulation, and endothelial dysfunction. They also had measures of body weight and circumferences and blood pressure assessed at these time points. kilograms (7.7

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Open Heart

AUGUST 30, 2024

Objective To describe the impact of the pandemic on blood pressure screening and hypertension management based on a national quality of care scheme (Quality and Outcomes Framework, QOF) across key demographic, regional and clinical subgroups. million NHS patients registered at general practices (March 2019 to March 2023).

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The British Journal of Cardiology

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Clinical trials and observational studies have demonstrated that long-term systolic blood pressure variability derived from repeated measurements of visit-to-visit clinic blood pressure is an important predictor of cardiovascular outcomes, independent of average levels of systolic pressure.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background:The deleterious effects of intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering in patients who achieved successful reperfusion may result from high BP variability (BPV). TR fully mediated the association between intensive BP management and functional outcomes. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A119-A119, February 1, 2025.

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MIBHS

JANUARY 15, 2025

Understanding how smoking affects the heart and raises surgery risks can empower individuals to make healthier choices and improve outcomes when surgical intervention is necessary. Increased Heart Rate and Blood Pressure: Nicotine stimulates the adrenal glands to release adrenaline, which increases heart rate and blood pressure.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 13, 2024

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle covers various blood pressure parameters and their predictability for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and complications, then explores the five-year outcomes of leadless pacemakers.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The relationship between ankle blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular disease remains unclear. We examined the relationships between known and new ankle BP indices and major cardiovascular outcomes in people w.

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Hypertension Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The primary outcome was a 6-month change in DASH adherence. The secondary outcome was a change in blood pressure. We used linear mixed models to compare 6 and 12-month changes in DASH adherence, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure.RESULTS:Nourish randomized 301 adults who averaged 54.4 (SD,

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European Journal of Heart Failure

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Proposed approach for clinical management and therapeutic optimization in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and low blood pressure. Low blood pressure with major or mild symptoms. **SBP SBP <80mmHg or symptomatic low BP or asymptomatic low BP.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 22, 2024

Introduction Compared with first-line antihypertensives, beta-blockers (BB) have been reported to lower the central aortic blood pressure suboptimally and are associated with increased stroke risk. 1.65; P = 0.015) of the composite outcome, most likely due to confounding. Similarly, the risk of total myocardial infarction was 1.76

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MIBHS

MARCH 31, 2025

Raising awareness and taking proactive steps can ensure the best possible outcomes for those at risk of heart-related conditions. Without immediate intervention, sudden cardiac death can occur within minutes. Recognizing the warning signs, knowing how to begin CPR, and using an AED can save lives in these serious medical emergencies.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Background:Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is associated with unfavourable survival rates and neurological outcomes. Blood pressure control is crucial in intensive care management, yet there are limited studies highlighting the influence of blood pressure variability (BPV).

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CardiacWire

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

to 0%) Despite these massive BP medication reductions , the gastric bypass group saw no significant difference in blood pressure, and 54.7% The GATEWAY trial assigned 100 participants (76% women, 43.8 vs. 13.7%) Gastric bypass patients were taking far fewer different BP medications (0.8 of them achieved BPs below 130/80 mm Hg (vs.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The primary outcome was functional status measured by the modified Rankin Scale at 90 to 180 days. Earlier SBP control was associated with better functional outcomes (modified Rankin Scale score, 3–6; odds ratio, 0.98 [95% CI, 0.97–0.99]) SD, 13.0], 2120 [36.8%] females) were included in analyses.

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JAMA Cardiology

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

It found that targeting blood pressure below 130/80 mm Hg could sustainably reduce cardiovascular disease incidence by 25% and total mortality by 10%. Given frailtys impact on blood pressure and adverse health outcomes, its evaluation is essential for effective hypertension management in older adults.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

BackgroundLong‐term (visit‐to‐visit) blood pressure variability (BPV) and heart rate variability (HRV) outside pregnancy are associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Eight studies (138 949 pregnancies) reporting BPV met our inclusion criteria; no study reported HRV and its association with pregnancy outcomes.

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DAIC

MAY 21, 2024

A new peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association , JAHA, found that Hello Heart’s digital heart health program was associated with reductions in blood pressure (BP), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and weight. Of 102,475 participants, 49.1% were female.

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Hypertension Journal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

BACKGROUND:Intensive blood pressure (BP) control in youth with chronic kidney disease (CKD) slows progression, delaying the need for kidney replacement therapy (KRT). Hypertension, Ahead of Print. Most youth with CKD have hypertension and BP control is difficult to achieve outside of controlled experimental settings.

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