Search results for "Hypertension"
MKSAP Quiz: Evaluation for sports participation
This week's quiz asks readers to interpret the cardiac findings of an 18-year-old man with no history of hypertension or other pertinent medical history who is being evaluated before participating on his college basketball team.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/02/21/3.htm
21 Feb 2023
AHA, ACC, CDC issue science advisory on hypertension
The American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Cardiology (ACC), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a recent science advisory on control of hypertension.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/11/26/4.htm
26 Nov 2013
Lifetime risks of hypertension quantified by large U.K. database
Blood pressure affects cardiovascular risk differently across different diseases and age ranges, according to a large, new study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/10/2.htm
10 Jun 2014
New guideline released on pharmacologic therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults
A new guideline was released last week on pharmacologic therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/06/24/5.htm
24 Jun 2014
MKSAP Quiz: drug-resistant hypertension
Wireless hemodynamic monitoring associated with less hospitalizationCardiac resynchronization therapy effective in less symptomatic heart failure
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/02/15/3.htm
15 Feb 2011
Consensus document advises treating hypertension in those age 80 or older
Major medical organizations last week released an expert consensus document to help clinicians manage older patients with or at risk for hypertension.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/05/03/2.htm
3 May 2011
Social determinants of health associated with higher CVD mortality rates in Black persons
Unemployment, lower family income, food insecurity, not owning a home, and not being married or living with a partner were significantly associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality independently of established behavioral and metabolic risk factors.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/08/15/1.htm
15 Aug 2023
Adherence to sleep apnea treatment reduces health care use, costs in heart failure
Positive airway pressure-adherent patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and obstructive sleep apnea had fewer health care visits, including ED and hospital visits, than nonadherent patients, according to a new industry-funded study.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2023/07/18/2.htm
18 Jul 2023
Chlorthalidone appears better than hydrochlorothiazide for high-risk patients with hypertension
Court rules physicians not subject to red flags rule Medicare adjusts Faslodex claims edit
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/15/5.htm
15 Mar 2011
Study finds masked and white coat hypertension prevalent and associated with higher risk of adverse cardiovascular events
Both white coat hypertension and masked hypertension were independently associated with increased biomarkers for organ damage, as well as higher risk of cardiovascular events compared with normal blood pressure, even after adjustment for traditional cardiovascular risk factors.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/11/10/1.htm
10 Nov 2015