ALLMedicine Hypertension Center

May 28th, 2020 - Pregnancy hypertension is the third leading cause of maternal mortality in Mozambique and contributes significantly to fetal and neonatal mortality. The objective of this trial was to assess whether task-sharing care might reduce adverse pregnancy...

May 28th, 2020 - An increase in pulmonary artery pressure is a common observation in adult mammals exposed to global alveolar hypoxia. It is considered a maladaptive response that places an increased workload on the right ventricle. The mechanisms initiating and m...

May 28th, 2020 - Schistosomiasis is a chronic helminthic disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes, infecting more than 207 million people in 78 countries worldwide, and provoking over 200,000 deaths annually. Schistosomiasis is the cause of a spec...

May 28th, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is threating our health systems and daily lives, and is responsible for causing substantial morbidity and mortality. In particular, aged individuals, and individuals with comorbid...

May 28th, 2020 - Preeclampsia is a life-threatening multiorgan systemic disease with manifestations including gestational hypertension, oxidative stress, and vascular dysfunction. We aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effects of melatonin on an L-NAME (NLG-nitro-l-...

May 10th, 2020 - Hypertension Canada's 2020 guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children provide comprehensive, evidence-based guidance for health care professionals and patients. Hypertension Cana...

May 10th, 2020 - We present Hypertension Canada's inaugural evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of resistant hypertension. Hypertension is present in 21% of the Canadian population, and among those with hypertension, resistant hypertens...

Jan 31st, 2020 - Several studies have shown a relationship between psoriasis and hypertension, but no meta-analysis has been restricted to studies that adjusted for confounders. The aim of the study was to estimate the association between psoriasis and hypertensio...

Jan 26th, 2020 - Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as structural or functional abnormalities of the kidney that affect health for more than 3 months. CKD is associated with cardiovascular disease, anemia, and metabolic bone disease, as well as adverse outcom...

Nov 12th, 2019 - In 2018, the Task Force convened the writing committee to begin the process of revising the existing performance measures set for hypertension that had been released in 2011.3 The writing committee also was charged with the task of developing new ...

May 28th, 2020 - Pregnancy hypertension is the third leading cause of maternal mortality in Mozambique and contributes significantly to fetal and neonatal mortality. The objective of this trial was to assess whether task-sharing care might reduce adverse pregnancy...

May 28th, 2020 - An increase in pulmonary artery pressure is a common observation in adult mammals exposed to global alveolar hypoxia. It is considered a maladaptive response that places an increased workload on the right ventricle. The mechanisms initiating and m...

May 28th, 2020 - Schistosomiasis is a chronic helminthic disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes, infecting more than 207 million people in 78 countries worldwide, and provoking over 200,000 deaths annually. Schistosomiasis is the cause of a spec...

May 28th, 2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is threating our health systems and daily lives, and is responsible for causing substantial morbidity and mortality. In particular, aged individuals, and individuals with comorbid...

May 28th, 2020 - Preeclampsia is a life-threatening multiorgan systemic disease with manifestations including gestational hypertension, oxidative stress, and vascular dysfunction. We aimed to evaluate the therapeutic effects of melatonin on an L-NAME (NLG-nitro-l-...

May 27th, 2020 - Roughly 16%-22% of patients with hypertension appeared to have primary aldosteronism as the likely major cause of their elevated blood pressure, in an analysis of about 1,000 Americans, which is a much higher prevalence than previously appreciated...

May 17th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Outpatient inhaled nitric oxide relieved dyspnea in a patient with vasoreactive idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who developed COVID-19, researchers report. Inhaled nitric oxide has been shown to relieve...

May 13th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Therapeutic intravascular ultrasound pulmonary-artery denervation is safe and reduces pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in certain patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to a small open-label t...

May 12th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. UPDATED May 13, 2020 // The successful treatment of a patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension who contracted COVID-19 with self-administered ...

May 11th, 2020 - MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The spread of the new coronavirus is taking a deadly toll on Mexico due to the widespread presence of a trio of pre-existing medical conditions that put Mexicans at higher risk. To date, seven in 10 deaths attributed to the...