Hypertension, defined as persistently elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP) >140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) at least 90 mmHg (International Society of Hypertension guidelines), affects over 1.5 billion people worldwide.
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Korea hypertension fact sheet 2018
Background The Korea Hypertension Fact Sheet 2018 aims to overview the magnitude and management status of hypertension, and their trends in Korea. Methods The Hypertension Epidemiology Research Group analyzed the 1998–2016 Korea National Health and ...
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A population-based study of reduced sleep duration and hypertension : the strongest association may be in premenopausal women [PDF]
Objectives: Recent evidence indicates that reduced sleep duration may be associated with an increased risk of hypertension with possibly stronger effects among women than men.
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Haemodynamic definitions and updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension
Since the 1st World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH) in 1973, pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been arbitrarily defined as mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) ≥25 mmHg at rest, measured by right heart catheterisation. Recent data from normal
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Towards precision medicine for hypertension: a review of genomic, epigenomic, and microbiomic effects on blood pressure in experimental rat models and humans [PDF]
Compelling evidence for the inherited nature of essential hypertension has led to extensive research in rats and humans. Rats have served as the primary model for research on the genetics of hypertension resulting in identification of genomic regions ...
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Survival with Treated and Well-Controlled Blood Pressure: Findings from a Prospective Cohort Study. [PDF]
AIM: To compare survival and incident cardiovascular disease between normotensive, untreated hypertensive, treated and poorly-controlled hypertensive and treated and well-controlled hypertensive adults.
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Novel immune mechanisms in hypertension and cardiovascular risk [PDF]
Purpose of Review: Hypertension is a common disorder with substantial impact on public health due to highly elevated cardiovascular risk. The mechanisms still remain unclear and treatments are not sufficient to reduce risk in majority of patients ...
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The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of metabolic disorders in patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) and target organ damage (TOD) in different subtypes of patients with PA with or without metabolic syndrome (MS).
Xiaona Bu+8 more
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Diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease: clinical insights and vascular mechanisms [PDF]
Hypertension and type 2 diabetes are common comorbidities. Hypertension is twice as frequent in patients with diabetes compared with those who do not have diabetes.
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Report of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) Hypertension Teaching Seminar organized by the ISH Africa Regional Advisory Group: Maputo, Mozambique, 2016 [PDF]
The International Society of Hypertension (ISH), in fulfilment of its mission of promoting hypertension control and prevention and also of advancing knowledge globally, organizes hypertension teaching seminars or ‘summer schools’ worldwide through the ...
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