Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Black women who develop high blood pressure before age 35 and are on medication for hypertension may have triple the odds of having a stroke, and those who develop high blood pressure before age 45 may have twice the risk of suffering a stroke, according to a preliminary study to be presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke (..)

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Science Daily - Stroke

MAY 16, 2024

Early identification of stroke type could be key to harnessing the benefits of very early in-ambulance blood pressure lowering treatment in patients with suspected acute stroke, according to new research.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 31, 2024

Changes to blood pressure over time could be used to identify patients at greatest risk of heart attack and stroke. These are the findings of a new analysis from the ASCOT study, led by researchers from Imperial College London and published in the European Heart Journal.

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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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American Heart News - Stroke News

JANUARY 30, 2025

Research Highlights: Propranolol, a beta blocker medication used for treating high blood pressure and preventing migraines, may lower ischemic stroke risk in women who experience migraines frequently. In the large analysis of more than 3 million.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

With the right amount, timing, and quality, it can work wonders—strengthen the immune system, improve blood sugar, even decrease the risk of heart attacks and strokes. You may have heard sleep described as something of a magic pill for the body.

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Science Daily - Stroke

JANUARY 30, 2025

Propranolol, a beta blocker medication used for treating high blood pressure and preventing migraines, may lower ischemic stroke risk in women who experience migraines frequently.

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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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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 According to their projections, from 2020 to 2050, high blood pressure is expected to rise from 51.2% This includes a doubling of stroke rates.

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American College of Cardiology

MAY 21, 2024

The goal of the INTERACT4 trial was to determine the effect of prehospital treatment of elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) in patients with recent onset of symptoms concerning for acute stroke.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JULY 29, 2024

A recently unveiled cardiovascular disease risk calculator that measures a patient's risk for heart attack and stroke is better calibrated and more precise than its previous version, but if current treatment guidelines for cholesterol and blood pressure therapy remain unchanged, the new calculator may have unintended consequences, according to research (..)

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DAIC

APRIL 9, 2025

Tryvio is Idorsias dual endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA) indicated for the treatment of systemic hypertension in combination with other antihypertensives to lower blood pressure in patients who are not adequately controlled on other drugs. Aprocitentan for Blood Pressure Reduction in Black Patients. Flack JM, et al.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 2, 2025

Regular exercise lowers blood pressure and cholesterol and reduces the chances of having a heart attack or stroke. There's no question that exercise is good for the heart.

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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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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JULY 29, 2024

If current guidelines for cholesterol and high blood pressure treatment remain unchanged, a newly unveiled heart risk calculator would render 16 million people ineligible for preventive therapy.

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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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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MAY 16, 2024

Early identification of stroke type could be key to harnessing the benefits of very early in-ambulance blood pressure lowering treatment in patients with suspected acute stroke, according to new research.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 5, 2025

The NHS could prevent thousands more heart attacks and strokes every year by offering everyone in the UK aged 50 and over a single "polypill" combining a statin and three blood pressure lowering drugs, according to academics from UCL.

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Med Page Today

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

kicked off its 60th annual American Heart Month with the sobering news that Black women who have high blood pressure by age 35 face up to triple the risk of a stroke by the time they reach middle age compared with their. (MedPage Today) -- The U.S.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 26, 2025

To refine ND risk assessments over time, we subsequently introduced an iterative risktracking model that uses continuously updated blood pressure measurements. To develop an initial predictive model, we employed a multinomial logistic regression model incorporating clinical parameters.

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Stroke Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Stroke, Ahead of Print.

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NEJM Journal Watch - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In a randomized trial, lowering systolic BP to ≈120 mm Hg resulted in fewer strokes.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Delaying the onset of high blood pressure may lower the risk of a stroke, new research suggests.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MAY 1, 2024

Keeping your blood pressure in check is a good way to lower your risk of heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. So, you follow orders, take your prescribed medication, and proudly accept your doctor's praise when the blood pressure cuff demonstrates continued success. Until it doesn't.

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Science Daily - Stroke

AUGUST 25, 2023

Middle-aged adults with three or more unhealthy traits including slightly high waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose have heart attacks and strokes two years earlier than their peers, according to new research.

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DAIC

MAY 16, 2024

Additionally, this risk was higher among Black American adults than white American adults, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health. Over a period of 9.5 years 24% of Black adults developed the condition compared with 15.9% of white adults.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Women, especially those who had high blood pressure during pregnancy or entered menopause before age 45, are among those with a greater risk for stroke.

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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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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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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Stroke, Ahead of Print. Time was defined as time form symptom onset plus the time (hour) to first achieve and subsequently maintain SBP at 120 to 140 mm Hg over 24 hours. The primary outcome was functional status measured by the modified Rankin Scale at 90 to 180 days. SD, 13.0], 2120 [36.8%] females) were included in analyses.

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MIBHS

JANUARY 15, 2025

These harmful substances directly impact the heart and blood vessels in several ways: Reduced Oxygen Supply: Carbon monoxide, a byproduct of smoking, binds to hemoglobin in the blood, reducing its oxygen-carrying capacity. This forces the heart to work harder to supply oxygen to tissues and organs.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Francesc Jiménez-Altayó, researcher at the Institut de Neurociències of the UAB (INc-UAB) and at CIBERCV, shows that temporary lack of blood flow to the brain can lead to lasting changes in the small arteries of the abdomen in rats with high blood pressure.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A119-A119, February 1, 2025. Background:The deleterious effects of intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering in patients who achieved successful reperfusion may result from high BP variability (BPV). The proportions of the association explained by TR was 32.15%.Conclusions:TR

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Med Page Today

MAY 16, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Bringing blood pressure under control in the ambulance didn't improve stroke outcomes in an unselected population, the China-based INTERACT 4 trial showed. Functional outcome measured by the modified Rankin Scale was no better.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AHUP9-AHUP9, February 1, 2025. Background:Blood pressure (BP) management is crucial for secondary prevention of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI); however, optimal BP control remains a challenge, particularly among historically disenfranchised populations.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 3, Issue 6 , November 1, 2023. BackgroundThe optimal blood pressure management strategy in patients undergoing endovascular therapy for acute ischemic stroke is unknown. Median (interquartile range) National institutes of Health Stroke Scale score was 15 (10–18).

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The British Journal of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

If the dissection extends into the aortic arch branches, ensuring adequate cerebral perfusion during surgery is crucial to preventing stroke. His blood pressure was 180/110 mmHg and heart rate was 100 bpm. He had a high blood pressure and heart rate and was initially treated with glyceryl trinitrate.

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