Two-Drug Combinations as First-Step Antihypertensive Treatment.
Blood pressure (BP) control in patients with hypertension is variable worldwide, and in general, it results largely unsatisfactory. Factors responsible for this phenomenon include insufficient national cardiovascular healthcare policies for prevention ...
G. Mancia, F. Rea, G. Corrao, G. Grassi
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The 2023 hypertension guidelines of the European Society of Hypertension: a commentary
The 2023 hypertension guidelines of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) have been published in the December issue of the official Journal of the Society (Journal of Hypertension),1 where they are freely available online.
Giuseppe Mancia +8 more
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Intensive care unit management of uncomplicated type B aortic dissection in relation to treatment period: a retrospective observational study [PDF]
Background Medical therapy is the standard treatment for uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissection (ATBAD), but there is little evidence of the need for intensive care unit (ICU) management.
Chul Ho Lee, Jae Seok Jang, Jun Woo Cho
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Factors influencing the relationship between the dose of amlodipine required for blood pressure control and change in blood pressure in hypertensive cats [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a common problem in elderly cats. In most cats, systolic blood pressure (SBP) of
Bijsmans, E S +5 more
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Association of antihypertensive monotherapy with serum sodium and potassium levels in Chinese patients [PDF]
<b>Background</b> International guidelines on management of hypertension recommend any major classes of antihypertensive drugs. However, the low prescribing rate of thiazides has been attributed to concerns about electrolyte disturbances and ...
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OPTIMIZING THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE WITH LERCANIDIPINE
Comorbidity of cardiovascular diseases reciprocally aggravates their course and induces the need to use safety and well-tolerated drugs. Pharmacological and pharmacokinetic properties of lercanidipine – the third-generation calcium channel blocker – are ...
E. L. Trisvetova
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Case-control study of stroke and the quality of hypertension control in north west England [PDF]
Objective: To examine the risk of stroke in relation to quality of hypertension control in routine general practice across an entire health district. Design: Population based matched case-control study.
Cruickshank, K +8 more
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The relative efficacy of antihypertensive treatment has been assessed primarily by randomized clinical trials (RCTs). The increasing availability of electronic medical records (EMR) allows results from RCT to be compared to data from actual clinical ...
M. Stapff, S. Hilderbrand
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Effect of Hypertension on Outcomes of High-Risk Patients After BCG-Treated Bladder Cancer [PDF]
Immunotherapy with Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) is the most efficacious treatment for high-risk bladder cancer (BC) (Ta/T1 or carcinoma in situ) to reduce the risk of recurrence.
Alberto, Bovo +5 more
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Milestones in Antihypertensive Drug Treatment
Hypertension provoked since the beginning of the 19th century a medical debate between physicians. The early antihypertensive agents were poorly tolerated. Progress towards more effective drugs, appeared after the 2nd World War. Thiocyanates, dehydrogenated alkaloids of ergot, barbiturates, bismuth and bromides, were soon replaced by phenoxbenzamine ...
Tsoucalas, G. +5 more
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