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Glucocorticoids for treating paediatric pulmonary hypertension: A novel use for a common medication [PDF]
Laboratory investigations have shown the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension and improvement after anti-inflammatory drugs.
Aggarwal, Manish, Grady, Ronald M
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Purpose: Compare multiple in office BP measurements in adolescents using an oscillometric device with out-of-office blood pressure measurements (home blood pressure monitoring – HBPM).
Thiago Veiga Jardim+10 more
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Background Uncertainty remains about the association of potassium (K) intake with depression and anxiety status. We explored their relationship using 24‐h urinary K, reflecting K intake, in general population.
Zihao Wu+12 more
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BACKGROUND Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States and worldwide. Three to 6 million people in the United States are at increased risk for developing POAG because of elevated intraocular pressure (
R. Fechtner+15 more
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. We evaluated the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension (defined as a systolic blood pressure [BP]) ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic BP ≥90 mm Hg, or a self-reported use of an ...
Rahul Aggarwal+7 more
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Hypertension as a Determining Factor in the Rupture of Intracranial Aneurysms, Diagnosed by 64-MDCT Angiography [PDF]
Background: To determine a correlation between risk factors and the rupture of intracranial aneurysms. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 29 patients with a saccular intracranial aneurysm was obtained using consecutive sampling and examination of 64 ...
Fatmawati, H. (Heni)+1 more
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Background. This study aims to evaluate the risk factors associated with untreated hypertension and develop and internally validate untreated risk nomograms in patients with hypertension among primary health care of less developed Northwest China ...
Lin Wang+7 more
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ABC of hypertension: The pathophysiology of hypertension
There is still much uncertainty about the pathophysiology of hypertension. A small number of patients (between 2% and 5%) have an underlying renal or adrenal disease as the cause for their raised blood pressure. In the remainder, however, no clear single identifiable cause is found and their condition is labelled “essential hypertension”.
Gregory Y.H. Lip+2 more
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Hypertension in Diabetes: An Update of Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Disease
Epidemiological studies have documented that insulin resistance and diabetes not only constitute metabolic abnormalities but also predispose to hypertension, vascular stiffness, and associated cardiovascular disease.
Guanghong Jia, J. Sowers
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Gender-specific associations of short sleep duration with prevalent and incident hypertension : the Whitehall II Study [PDF]
Sleep deprivation (5 hour per night) was associated with a higher risk of hypertension in middle-aged American adults but not among older individuals.
Brunner, Eric+9 more
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