Hypertension organ risk revealed in Chinese patients
A study of Chinese patients warns of the risk for target organ damage from untreated hypertension, especially for younger patients. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - December 2, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
New diabetes has little impact on outcomes in elderly hypertensives
Established, but not newly diagnosed, diabetes is associated with reduced survival among elderly patients with hypertension, shows an analysis of the ANBP2 study. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - November 25, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Grave prognosis for heart patients with treatment-resistant hypertension
Patients with coronary artery disease have a particularly high risk for poor outcomes if they have treatment-resistant hypertension, shows an analysis of the Treating to New Targets trial. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - November 18, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Metabolic syndrome components signal resistant hypertension
Chinese patients with hypertension that is difficult to treat often have poor cardiometabolic profiles, shows an analysis of the HOT-CHINA study. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - November 10, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Ambulatory BP best for assessing diabetes CV risk
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring should be used to monitor patients with Type 2 diabetes who have a high risk for developing cardiovascular complications, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - November 3, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Early morning SBP signals silent brain stenosis
Ambulatory systolic blood pressure in the early hours of the morning is predictive of asymptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis, the results of a cross-sectional study in China suggest. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - October 28, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Interventions needed to boost hypertension diagnosis in young adults
Diagnosis of hypertension is often delayed in young adults, even if they make regular use of primary healthcare, report researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - October 20, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Blood pressure reduction supported for early-stage kidney disease
Blood pressure reduction per se, rather than the particular antihypertensive used, reduces the risk for cardiovascular events in patients with chronic kidney disease, shows a meta-analysis published in BMJ. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - October 13, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Retirement a sticking point for antihypertensive adherence
Patients’ adherence to their antihypertensive medication may decline when they retire from work, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - October 6, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Central BP achieves the same with less
Using central, rather than brachial, blood pressure (BP) to guide treatment decisions results in patients with hypertension being given less medication, show results from a randomized trial. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - September 29, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Framingham model predicts hypertension in young adults
The Framingham Heart Study model for predicting short-term risk for hypertension has good discriminatory ability in a biracial population of young adults, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - September 23, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Financial incentives only partial solution for hypertension control
Providing financial incentives to general practitioners goes some way toward improving hypertension control in their patients, shows research published in JAMA. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - September 16, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Doubt cast on worth of BP load
Blood pressure load may not be a useful clinical measure, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - September 9, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
BP variability a long-term challenge
Blood pressure variability over the long term predicts mortality among patients receiving treatment for hypertension, a study shows. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - September 1, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
Caveat for blood pressure treatment in chronic kidney disease
Physicians should keep a close eye on diastolic blood pressure when attempting to reduce systolic blood pressure in patients who have chronic kidney disease, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Hypertension)
Source: MedWire News - Hypertension - August 25, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
