Hypertension
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How to Record Reliable Blood Pressure Measurements
A small, community-based study to detect hypertension revealed one week of twice-daily home blood pressure (BP) measurements are more reliable and more accurately predict increased left ventricular mass than clinic or 24-hour ambulatory BP monitoring.
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Fewer Diabetes Cases, Lower Blood Pressure Among Mediterranean Diet Adherents
Researchers continue discovering benefits of this healthy nutrition program.
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USPSTF Refrains from Definitive Blood Pressure Screening Recommendation
Panel says more research needed before clear judgments for or against screening children, adolescents can be made.
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Surgeon General Report Prioritizes Hypertension Control
Nation’s top doc calls on clinicians and patients to reverse negative trends.
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Is Isolated Diastolic Hypertension a Disease?
An analysis of three large prospective databases showed the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association revised definition of isolated diastolic hypertension as > 80 mmHg rather than the previous definition of > 90 mmHg resulted in a 5% higher prevalence of diastolic hypertension.
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High Blood Pressure Control, Awareness on the Decline Among U.S. Adults
Health groups lament a trend that could undo years of work.
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Study: Few Black Adults Taking Proper Medicine for Difficult-to-Treat Hypertension
Black patients may not receive the right medications or proper lifestyle counseling.
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Pulmonary Artery Denervation: A Promising Treatment Option for CTEPH
A trial of patients with residual chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension following pulmonary endarterectomy showed pulmonary artery denervation is superior to medical management with riociguat.
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Is It Dizziness or Dementia?
Researchers find certain systolic blood pressure changes may be connected with higher risk for dementia.
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Is Isolated Diastolic Hypertension a Disease?
An analysis of three large prospective databases showed the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association revised definition of isolated diastolic hypertension as > 80 mmHg rather than the previous definition of > 90 mmHg resulted in a 5% higher prevalence of diastolic hypertension. This was not significantly associated with cardiovascular disease outcomes.