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Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension

open access: yesNature Reviews Cardiology, 2021
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Novel approaches: targeting sympathetic outflow in the carotid sinus

open access: yesBlood Pressure, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of office, home and ambulatory blood pressure measurements in hypertensive and suspected hypertensive SWICOS participants

open access: yesBlood Pressure, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Serum uric acid: a futile bystander in endothelial function?

open access: yesBlood Pressure, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Practice Guideline for Screening and Management of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents

open access: yesPediatrics, 2017
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effect of intensive blood pressure lowering on left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with hypertension: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

open access: yesBlood Pressure, 2023
Background Successful antihypertensive management can limit left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and improve the clinical prognosis. However, it remains unclear whether intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering has a greater effect on the occurrence and ...
Jingjing Hu, Yidan Zhou
doaj   +1 more source

A decision tree model of hypertension among college students in Yunnan Province, China

open access: yesBlood Pressure, 2023
Purpose Previous studies have indicated that the prevalence rate of hypertension in adolescents is high, but it has not received much attention and the influencing factors are unclear, especially in Yunnan Province, China. Materials and methods A cluster
Xu Honglv   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2017
To the Editor: Wright et al. (Nov. 26 issue)1 report on the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT). By focusing on blood-pressure levels, rather than on specific antihypertensive agents, this trial follows a rich heritage of government ...
Benjamin Vipler   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insufficient control of blood pressure and incident diabetes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
OBJECTIVE: Incidence of type 2 diabetes might be associated with preexisting hypertension. There is no information on whether incident diabetes is predicted by blood pressure control.
CHINALI, MARCELLO   +8 more
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Factors associated with preeclampsia among pregnant women in Gojjam zones, Amhara region, Ethiopia: a case-control study

open access: yesBlood Pressure, 2023
Purpose Little is known about the factors contributing to preeclampsia in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine factors associated with preeclampsia among pregnant women in public hospitals. Methods and materials An institution based
Abiyot Wolie Asres   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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