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Hypertension Before 40 Linked to Doubling of Stroke Risk in Black Women

HCPLive

Study presented at ISC 2024 suggests Black women with hypertension before age 35 face a 3-fold increase in risk of stroke while hypertension before 45 linked to doubling in stroke risk.

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Cardiovascular outcomes in long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Long COVID-19 was associated with a higher risk of thromboembolic disorders [HR 3.12 (1.60, 6.08)], coronary heart disease [HR 1.61 (1.13, 2.31)], stroke [HR 1.71 (1.07,2.72)], arrhythmia [HR 1.60 (1.13, 2.26)], cardiomyopathy [HR 1.71 (1.12, 2.61)], myocarditis [HR 6.11 (4.17,8.94)], hypertension [HR 1.70 (1.56, 1.85)], heart failure [HR 1.72 (1.15,2.59)] (..)

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Adverse Social Determinants of Health Linked to Treatment-resistant Hypertension in Black Americans

DAIC

Getty Images milla1cf Thu, 05/16/2024 - 15:37 May 16, 2024 — People were more likely to develop a type of treatment-resistant hypertension when they experienced adverse effects of economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status, known as social determinants of health. Over a period of 9.5

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Blood pressure high for years? Beware of stroke risk

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Years of high systolic blood pressure are linked to a greater risk for the two most common types of stroke.

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Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Missed Cause in Stroke Prevention Guidelines

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Ahead of Print. The 2024 Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Stroke, recently updated by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, serve as an essential resource for clinicians aiming to reduce the growing impact of cerebrovascular disease.

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Recurrent Stroke Prediction by Applying a Stroke Polygenic Risk Score in the Japanese Population

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Recently, various polygenic risk score (PRS)based methods were developed to improve stroke prediction. However, current PRSs (including cross-ancestry PRS) poorly predict recurrent stroke. In particular, it predicted an increased risk of recurrence among stroke patients without hypertension.

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Cedars-Sinai Experts Studying Device for Controlling Treatment-Resistant Hypertension

DAIC

and the first on the West Coast to use a new device aimed at lowering blood pressure in patients with difficult-to-treat hypertension. milla1cf Mon, 03/18/2024 - 08:00 March 18, 2024 — The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai recently became one of four institutions in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved it in late 2023.