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High blood pressure is one of the most important risk factors for ischaemic heart disease, stroke, other cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and dementia.
Bin Zhou, P. Perel, G. Mensah, M. Ezzati
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Blood pressure control by home monitoring : meta-analysis of randomised trials [PDF]
Objective To determine the effect of home blood pressure monitoring on blood pressure levels and proportion of people with essential hypertension achieving targets. Design Meta-analysis of 18 randomised controlled trials.
Cappuccio, Francesco +3 more
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Novel approaches: targeting sympathetic outflow in the carotid sinus
Uncontrolled hypertension drives the global burden of increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Although high blood pressure (BP) is treatable and preventable, only half of the patients with hypertension undergoing treatment have ...
Dagmara Hering, Krzysztof Narkiewicz
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Cell Phone Information Seeking Explains Blood Pressure in African American Women [PDF]
Although cell phone use and Internet access via cell phone is not marked by racial disparities, little is known about how cell phone use relates to blood pressure and health information seeking behaviors.
Jones, Lenette M. +2 more
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Purpose Hypertension should be confirmed with the use of home BP measurement (HBPM) or 24h ambulatory BP measurement (ABPM). The aim of our study was to compare measurements obtained by OBPM, HBPM and ABPM in individuals with elevated OBPM participating ...
D. Radovanovic +8 more
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Blood Pressure Measurements in 780 Apparently Healthy Cats [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Mean systolic blood pressure in apparently healthy cats has been reported as approximately 125 mmHg using direct assessment, but there is greater variability in reported values using indirect assessment.
Ash +32 more
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Importance The benefit of blood pressure lowering for the prevention of dementia or cognitive impairment is unclear. Objective To determine the association of blood pressure lowering with dementia or cognitive impairment.
Diarmaid Hughes +8 more
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Serum uric acid: a futile bystander in endothelial function?
Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between serum uric acid levels and endothelial function, oxidative stress, and hemodynamic parameters, and to determine if uric acid levels provide additional insights beyond traditional factors ...
Benjamin De Becker +1 more
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A review of machine learning techniques in photoplethysmography for the non-invasive cuff-less measurement of blood pressure [PDF]
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a leading cause of death throughout the world and a critical factor for increasing the risk of serious diseases, including cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and heart failure.
El-Hajj, C., Kyriacou, P. A.
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These pediatric hypertension guidelines are an update to the 2004 “Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents.” Significant changes in these guidelines include (1) the replacement of the ...
J. Flynn +18 more
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