Incorporating preoperative right heart measurements into the standard pulmonary hypertension risk estimation model may allow for better risk stratification following aortic valve replacement.
Medication doses do not need to be reduced in response to symptomless orthostatic hypotension, authors say
Pulmonary hypertension can be a severe and potentially debilitating complication in patients with chronic left-sided heart failure.
Greater variability in systolic blood pressure measurements across visits in young adults may be associated with elevated risks for cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in midlife.
Treatment with amlodipine was found to be more effective at reducing the long-term risk for gout compared with treatment with lisinopril or chlorthalidone in older adults with hypertension.
Isolated diastolic hypertension, as defined in the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline was found to be more prevalent compared with IDH defined according to a 2003 recommendation.
Many women readmitted for postpartum hypertension had no prior diagnosis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Working >40 hours per week is associated with an increased risk for masked and sustained hypertension in white-collar workers, a study in Hypertension reports.
Seasonal variation in vitamin D status may explain seasonal variation in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
Hypertension, smoking, and the levels of triglycerides were found to be independently associated with the risk for cardiovascular disease in patients with dysbetalipoproteinemia.
