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Drug treatment of hypertension: focus on vascular health [PDF]

, 2016
Hypertension, the most common preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and death, is a growing health burden. Serious cardiovascular complications result from target organ damage including cerebrovascular disease, heart failure, ischaemic heart
Cameron, Alan C., Lang, Ninian N., Touyz, Rhian M.   +2 more
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First Evaluation of an Index of Low Vagally-Mediated Heart Rate Variability as a Marker of Health Risks in Human Adults: Proof of Concept. [PDF]

, 2019
Multiple studies have demonstrated low vagally-mediated heart rate variability (HRV) being associated with a range of risk factors for heart disease and stroke, including inflammation, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension.
Fischer, Joachim E, Jarczok, Marc N, Koenig, Julian, Thayer, Julian F, Wittling, Arne   +4 more
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Cardiovascular risk factors among Polish employees of uniformed services

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2023
Objectives Employees of uniformed services (EoUS) were screened for cardiovascular risk factors. Material and Methods A total of 1138 EoUS (age M±SD 49.9±6.0 years) and 263 controls (age M±SD 54.4±9.7 years) under the care of the cardiology clinic in ...
Bartosz G. Trzeciak, Waldemar Kowalczyk, Szymon Grymek, Piotr Gutknecht, Janusz Siebert   +4 more
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Blood rheology, cardiovascular risk factors, and cardiovascular disease: The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study [PDF]

, 2000
The West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS) showed that pravastatin reduced the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) events in 6,595 middle-aged hypercholesterolaemic men aged 45-64 years without prior myocardial infarction followed for an ...
Ann Rumley, Christopher Packard, Gordon Lowe, Ian Ford, James Shepherd, John Norrie, null null, Peter Macfarlane, Stuart Cobbe   +8 more
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Risk Factors, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

New England Journal of Medicine, 2018
Background Patients with diabetes are at higher risk for death and cardiovascular outcomes than the general population. We investigated whether the excess risk of death and cardiovascular events among patients with type 2 diabetes could be reduced or ...
Aidin Rawshani, A. Rawshani, S. Franzén, N. Sattar, B. Eliasson, A. Svensson, B. Zethelius, Mervete Miftaraj, Darren K Mcguire, A. Rosengren, S. Gudbjörnsdottir   +10 more
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Cardiovascular risk factors for stroke among the elderly [PDF]

Medicinski Podmladak
By the year 2050 there will be around 426 million people over 80 years of age. As lifespan is extended, cardiovascular risk factors are becoming one of many challenges. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death at the age over 65.
Stojanovski Nataša, Tomić Aleksandra, Radojičić Aleksandra, Mijajlović Milija   +3 more
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Cardiovascular Risk Factors Associated With Venous Thromboembolism

JAMA cardiology, 2019
Importance It is uncertain to what extent established cardiovascular risk factors are associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE). Objective To estimate the associations of major cardiovascular risk factors with VTE, ie, deep vein thrombosis and ...
J. Gregson, S. Kaptoge, T. Bolton, L. Pennells, P. Willeit, S. Burgess, S. Bell, M. Sweeting, E. Rimm, C. Kabrhel, Bengt Zöller, G. Assmann, V. Gudnason, A. Folsom, V. Arndt, A. Fletcher, P. Norman, B. Nordestgaard, A. Kitamura, B. Mahmoodi, P. Whincup, M. Knuiman, V. Salomaa, C. Meisinger, W. Koenig, M. Kavousi, H. Völzke, J. Cooper, T. Ninomiya, E. Casiglia, B. Rodríguez, Y. Ben-Shlomo, J. Despres, L. Simons, E. Barrett-Connor, C. Björkelund, M. Notdurfter, D. Kromhout, J. Price, S. Sutherland, J. Sundström, J. Kauhanen, J. Gallacher, J. Beulens, R. Dankner, C. Cooper, S. Giampaoli, J. Deen, A. Gómez de la Cámara, L. Kuller, A. Rosengren, P. Svensson, D. Nagel, C. Crespo, H. Brenner, J. Albertorio-Díaz, R. Atkins, E. Brunner, M. Shipley, I. Njølstad, D. Lawlor, Y. T. van der Schouw, R. Selmer, M. Trevisan, W. Verschuren, P. Greenland, S. Wassertheil-Smoller, G. Lowe, A. Wood, A. Butterworth, S. Thompson, J. Danesh, E. di Angelantonio, T. Meade   +73 more
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The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors: 2020 and Beyond.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2019
![Figure][1] ![Figure][1] ![Figure][1] Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), consisting of ischemic heart disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral arterial disease, and a number of other cardiac and vascular conditions, constitute the leading cause ...
G. Mensah, Gregory A. Roth, V. Fuster
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Vascular risk factors and diabetic neuropathy [PDF]

, 2005
Background: Other than glycemic control, there are no treatments for diabetic neuropathy. Thus, identifying potentially modifiable risk factors for neuropathy is crucial.
Chaturvedi, N., Eaton, S.E.M., Fuller, J.H., Ionescu-Tirgoviste, C., Manes, C., Tesfaye, S., Ward, J.D., Witte, D.R.   +7 more
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Suggestive evidence of a multi-cytokine resistin pathway in humans and its role on cardiovascular events in high-risk individuals [PDF]

, 2017
In cells and tissues resistin affects IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-12 and TNF-α expression, thus suggesting the existence of a multi-cytokine "resistin pathway".
Antonucci, Alessandra, Copetti, Massimiliano, De Bonis, Concetta, Di Paola, Rosa, Marucci, Antonella, Menzaghi, Claudia, Ortega Moreno, Lorena, Salvemini, Lucia, Trischitta, Vincenzo   +8 more
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