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Novel pharmacological approaches to lowering blood pressure and managing hypertension

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

In this Review, Dhaun and colleagues discuss the reasons for poor control of hypertension, such as therapeutic inertia and poor patient adherence, as well as novel pharmacological approaches to blood pressure lowering.

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Integrated meta-analysis and network pharmacology analysis: evaluation of Zhigancao decoction as treatment for diabetic cardiomyopathy

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Meanwhile, the utilization of ZGCD during intervention was more effective in reducing SBP, and DBP. In addition, the ZGCD showed potential in reducing the occurrence of adverse events.

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Pharmacological preventions and treatments for pericardial complications after open heart surgeries

Heart BMJ

Background Pericardial complications following cardiac surgery are common and debilitating, significantly impacting patients’ survival. We performed this network meta-analysis to identify the most effective and safest preventions and treatments for pericardial complications following cardiac surgery.

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Non-Pharmacologic Therapies to Reduce Morbidity, Improve Function of Patients With HF

American College of Cardiology

A recent State-of-the-Art Review published in JACC: Heart Failure provides evidence-based recommendations on how to best optimize the care of patients with heart failure (HF) through non-pharmacological strategies.

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Piperine Shows Potential Pharmacological Benefit for NAFLD, Early Cirrhosis

HCPLive

Consuming a 5mg piperine capsule once daily for 12 weeks was linked to several pharmacological improvements in patients with NAFLD.

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Hip fractures linked to fivefold increase in cardiovascular event risk in patients with heart failure

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A research team in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), found that hip fractures not only result in both physical and psychological injuries, but may also induce adverse cardiovascular events.

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Current Mouse Models of Intracranial Aneurysms: Analysis of Pharmacological Agents Used to Induce Aneurysms and Their Impact on Translational Research

Journal of the American Heart Association

Hence, to date, no single pharmacological option exists to treat them. Genetic modification in a mouse model of IAs, including deletion or overexpression of a particular gene, provides an excellent means for examining basic mechanisms behind disease pathophysiology and developing novel pharmacological approaches.