Hypertension

Study results presented at ACC.13 show that patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease treated with double kissing crush stenting experienced fewer cases of restenosis and other major adverse events compared to patients who received culotte stenting.

After finding abnormal elevations of cardiac inflammation in patients with depressive illness (DI), a psychiatrist at Loyola University Medical Center, in Maywood, Ill., has proposed a new subspecialty to diagnose and treat patients with both depression and cardiovascular disease (CVD).

The American Diabetes Association revised Standards of Medical Care for patients with diabetes include several changes in recommendations regarding testing and treatment goals.

Annual list highlights key studies and research that contribute to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Recently released guidelines for the diagnosis and management of stable ischemic heart disease focus on evaluation and testing, risk factor modification, medical therapy and other therapeutic options, and follow-up.

Patients who received a description of their cardiovascular risk factors were more likely to start taking statins and to significantly reduce their LDL cholesterol levels.

Results from the RELAX-AHF show serelaxin reduces cardiovascular deaths and improves symptoms in patients with heart failure.

Many young adults age 18-24 with high blood pressure remain undiagnosed with hypertension, even after long-term physician care.

Results from a sub-study of the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) that focused on quality of life issues in patients who had previously suffered a heart attack and were treated with chelation therapy reveal no improvements in these patients' quality of life.

Randomized controlled trials remain the gold standard, but a researcher at Kidney Week 2012 says that new approaches and study designs are needed that reflect real-world drug use and account for confounding variables.

Increasing numbers of people are on kidney transplant waiting lists. However, the number of potential living donors may shrink as more Americans qualify as pre-diabetic, making them less than ideal donor candidates.

Experts at Kidney Week 2012 discuss several treatment options for hyponatremia, including fluid restriction, loop diuretics, and the use of selective vasopressin V2-receptor antagonists.

A diet rich in highly alkaline fruits and vegetables helps reduce a marker of kidney injury and preserve kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Study results reported at Kidney Week 2012 reveal that patients with early-stage CKD fare better in the public health system, which also appears to produce fewer racial and ethnic health disparities in care delivered to this population.

Hyponatremia is frequently seen in patients with hepatic impairment and portal hypertension, and is associated with wide range of severe complications and comorbidities. Pharmacologic treatment with vasopressin receptor antagonists offer management options beyond standard therapy.

Patients' age, race, gender, reason for visiting the doctor's office, and other factors can greatly affect prescribing patterns for antihypertensive medications.

Consumption of sugar, which helps to drive the obesity crisis and causes millions of deaths worldwide each year, should be controlled like other threats to public health, a team of researchers from the University of California San Francisco argue in the Feb. 2 issue of Nature.

Research on people recruited randomly from the community suggests that, after adjusting for various demographic, behavioral, and physical characteristics, there is no association between sleep apnea and hypertension.

Regular monthly contact with a nurse increases the quality of life for patients with diabetes or hypertension, a recent study has found.

Approximately three in 10 patients being treated for hypertension with thiazides develop hyponatremia, according to the results of a retrospective cohort study.

The CDC found that the rate of hospitalizations for ischemic strokes in children and young adults has increased, as well as risk factors such as hypertension.

Many researchers are blaming the national obesity epidemic for causing a growing number of Americans contracting gout, a painful form of arthritis.

Patients with a sleep-disorder like obstructive sleep apnea or sleep deprivation are at an increased risk of hypertension.

Researchers have found that inserting intra-aortic balloon pumps before angioplasty in patients with AMI does not reduce heart muscle damage.

The most cost-effective method of determining who should be prescribed drugs for hypertension is to take repeated blood pressure readings over a 24-hour period.

Patients in a happy marriage were three times more likely to be alive15 years following coronary bypass surgery than patients who were single.

Individuals who suffer from diabetes and hypertension may be at an increased risk of developing open-angle glaucoma (OAG).

A common virus may be the root of the most frequently occurring type of hypertension.