Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

High blood pressure is known as the silent killer. About 50% of all adults have high blood pressure and most people find it confusing and hard to manage. How do you even properly check for high blood pressure? What are the lifestyle factors that cause high blood pressure?

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 7, 2025

The five classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease are well knownsmoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and underweight or overweight/obesity. All increase the likelihood of heart ailments down the road.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 17, 2024

Young adults who reported higher stress as adolescents were more likely to have high blood pressure, obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors as adults, finds new study.

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HCPLive

AUGUST 23, 2024

Modifiable risk factors, including elevated HbA1C and blood pressure, were linked to a higher risk of DME development in a large multicenter database.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

People with conditions or habits such as high blood pressure, an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or smoking, not only have a higher risk of stroke, they may also have more severe strokes than people without these risk factors.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

MARCH 26, 2024

Nontraditional risk factors such as migraines are as important as traditional risk factors like high blood pressure for adults younger than ages 35-45, finds new study.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 10, 2025

A study has revealed a significant link between a common pregnancy complication and early heart disease in women. The study is published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

years; p  < 0.001), had more cardiovascular risk factors, target organ damage and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in comparison with those without hypertension. These patients were older (65.8 ± 10.9 vs. 51.6 ± 14.7 Overall, 58.3% achieved BP goals <140/90 mmHg.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

And plaque in your coronary arteries is the result of exposure to risk factors over time. These individuals then must have had one or more risk factors for a long time prior to their heart attack. The answer: Risk Factors. But wouldn’t such risk factors have been obvious?

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

APRIL 4, 2024

Hypertension is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and poses a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 4, 2025

When I asked the readers of this newsletter about their experience of trying to get a comprehensive cardiovascular risk assessment, the general feeling I got back was one of frustration. The majority of readers here are middle-aged and concerned about their future risk of heart disease. That is your blood pressure.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 7, 2025

A study has found cardiovascular conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, which are known to contribute to brain blood vessel damage in younger populations, not to be associated with an increased risk of such harm in individuals 90 and older.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 17, 2024

Young adults who reported higher stress during their teenage years to adulthood were more likely to have high blood pressure, obesity and other cardiometabolic risk factors than their peers who reported less stress, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Physiologically Speaking

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This was one of my main research interests in graduate school when I was involved in projects related to the effects of sleep deprivation on blood vessel function (endothelial function)—a major risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease. Does the same protective effect of exercise also extend blood pressure?

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, according to new research published in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, breathing through the nose leads to several benefits, including lower blood pressure and other factors that could predict heart disease risk.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 21, 2024

An analysis based on a proposed heart failure risk prediction tool reveals that the incidence of heart failure may be 2- to 3-fold higher among American Indian adults compared to people in other population groups. The findings suggest a need to develop population-level preventive strategies in American Indian communities, researchers said.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Routine screening to detect risk factors for heart disease dropped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, and some key measurements, such as blood pressure readings, may still lag behind pre-pandemic levels, according to a new study.

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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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HCPLive

MAY 23, 2024

Increases in metabolic risk factors like high blood pressure and BMI have led to a 49.4% increase in global disability-adjusted life years from 2000 to 2021.

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AMS Cardiology

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Limit Alcohol Intake: Alcohol consumption can increase blood pressure and strain the heart. Quit Smoking: Smoking is a significant risk factor for heart disease. Regular check-ups allow your cardiologist to detect these issues through tests like blood work, EKGs, and echocardiograms.

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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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Science Daily - Heart Disease

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In middle-aged people, having risk factors like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol that are not well-controlled combined with not following certain healthy habits including exercise, diet and sleep, are linked to a higher risk of stroke, dementia or depression later in life, according to a new study.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This review aims to evaluate the effects of various exercises on AS and related variables in individuals at high risk for CVD.MethodsA comprehensive search strategy was employed to systematically explore MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase, Cochrane Library, EBSCOhost, and Web of Science to identify relevant studies.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

By using a rigorous bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR) approach, the research provides compelling evidence that GERD—a condition traditionally recognized as a digestive disorder characterized by acid reflux and heartburn—may influence key cardiovascular risk factors, including blood pressure, lipid profiles, and heart disease risk.

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DAIC

JUNE 18, 2024

A projected rise in heart disease and stroke – along with several key risk factors, including high blood pressure and obesity – is likely to triple related costs to $1.8 It is not surprising that an enormous increase in cardiovascular risk factors and diseases will produce a substantial economic burden."

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 17, 2025

These findings may inform efforts to prevent excessive weight gain early in life, a risk factor for adult obesity and related conditions, such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

People with conditions or habits such as high blood pressure, an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or smoking, not only have a higher risk of stroke, they may also have more severe strokes than people without these risk factors, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

APRIL 23, 2024

The triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index and blood pressure (BP) are correlated and serve as risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The potential impact of BP status on the association between the TyG inde.

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Heart BMJ

AUGUST 14, 2024

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk equations are useful to guide treatment decisions for blood pressure and lipid-lowering medications because they identify patients who are at high risk of CVD but do not have either blood pressure or cholesterol measurements above the levels when considering treatment as individual risk factors.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 26, 2024

Adults younger than 35 to 45 years old may have a higher risk of developing a stroke from nontraditional risk factors such as migraines than from traditional risks like high blood pressure. That's according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 7, 2024

BackgroundThe Mendelian randomization approach uses genetic variants as instrumental variables to study the causal association between the risk factors and health outcomes of interest. Although alcohol drinking is beneficial to a few cardiovascular risk factors, it is detrimental to many others.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

APRIL 28, 2024

Following the Z-transformation of the independent variables, we evaluated the relationships between the four blood pressure indices and NAFLD through multivariable logistic regression models. This finding was confirmed in populations without exercise habits, under 60 years of age, with normal blood pressure, and in non-obese groups.

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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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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

MAY 1, 2024

Guidelines on hypertension (high blood pressure) generally recommend measurement of blood pressure in both arms in the initial visit. They also suggest that the arm with higher blood pressure recording should be used to record blood pressure in subsequent visits.

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JAMA Cardiology

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Hypertension is the leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the US, affects 122 million adults, and is projected to exceed 180 million adults by 2050.

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Heart BMJ

MAY 10, 2024

Background To assess the roles of diabetic microvascular disease and modifiable risk factors and their combination in the development of arrhythmias. Incorporating microvascular disease states into a model alongside 11 traditional risk factors significantly enhanced arrhythmia prediction.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 14, 2025

BackgroundObesity is a global epidemic and a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. This study aims to investigate the impact of weight loss after LSG on the left ventricular myocardial work (LVMW) in obese patients and explore the clinical value of the left ventricular pressure - strain loop (LV - PSL).MethodsThirty

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