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Continuous positive airway pressure therapy was linked to a lower rate of incident hypertension in one study but not in another, separate study reported online in the May 23/30 issue of JAMA. However, the investigators in the second study discovered methodologic flaws that called their conclusion... »
ACC Urges Shift to Patient-Centered Care
It’s time for cardiologists to pay more attention to patients’ needs and to advocate for patient-centered care with insurers and policy makers, according to a new health policy statement from the American College of Cardiology. The statement outlines a new treatment paradigm of shared decision... »
Preop Antihypertensive Medication Should Not Be Skipped
MIAMI BEACH – "Green suit hypertension" can result in cancellation of procedures on the scheduled day of surgery, according to researchers who retrospectively studied 9,543 preoperative patients at the VA Nebraska – Western Iowa Health System. And about half of these cases of... »
Continuous positive airway pressure therapy was linked to a lower rate of incident hypertension in one study but not in another, separate study reported online in the May 23/30 issue of JAMA. However, the investigators in... »
ACC Urges Shift to Patient-Centered Care
It’s time for cardiologists to pay more attention to patients’ needs and to advocate for patient-centered care with insurers and policy makers, according to a new health policy statement from the American College of... »
Preop Antihypertensive Medication Should Not Be Skipped
MIAMI BEACH – "Green suit hypertension" can result in cancellation of procedures on the scheduled day of surgery, according to researchers who retrospectively studied 9,543 preoperative patients at the VA Nebraska... »
CHICAGO – Selective renal denervation for the treatment of resistant hypertension continues to rack up impressively large and durable blood pressure reductions and a solid safety profile 3 years post-procedure, according to... »
Rapid Rise in Systolic BP Midlife Predicts Greater LVMI
CHICAGO – The rate of increase in systolic blood pressure during an adult’s 30s, 40s, and 50s is a stronger predictor of later structural heart damage than is their absolute blood pressure. This finding from the... »
Renal sympathetic denervation is a promising new therapy that – at least over the short term – has proved to be an effective, device-based approach to the treatment of severe resistant hypertension. Resistant hypertension... »
Is Dual Agent Therapy for Hypertension Superior?
The Problem A 56-year-old man is referred to you after he was evaluated for enrollment in a smoking cessation clinical trial, but was declined enrollment due to elevated blood pressure (BP). He was unaware of his elevated... »
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