ALLMedicine™ Hypertension Center

Oct 27th, 2020 - The assessment of the capacity of Primary Health Care (PHC) settings for the management of hypertension is essential to identify areas for improving management outcomes. This study aimed to assess the capacity of PHC centers in Jordan to manage hy...

Oct 27th, 2020 - To compare the yield of magnetic resonance venography (MRV)/computed tomography venography (CTV) in a group of overweight women with incidentally-discovered papilledema and symptomatic intracranial hypertension (IC-HTN) patients without risk facto...

Oct 27th, 2020 - Patient frailty indices are increasingly being utilized to anticipate post-operative complications. This study explores whether a 5-factor modified frailty index (mFI-5) is associated with outcomes following below-knee amputation (BKA). All BKAs i...

Oct 27th, 2020 - 68Ga-FAPI right heart uptake in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.|2020|Wang L,Zhang Z,Zhao Z,Yan C,Fang W,|

Oct 27th, 2020 - Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is widely prevalent, associated with morbidity and mortality, but may be lessened with timely implementation of evidence-based strategies including blood pressure (BP) control. Nonetheless, an evidence-practice gap per...

Aug 10th, 2020 - Many studies have reported a positive association between diabetes and kidney cancer. However, it is unclear whether diabetes is a risk factor for kidney cancer independent of other risk factors, such as obesity and hypertension. We comprehensivel...

Jul 19th, 2020 - The landscape of pulmonary hypertension (PH) has changed significantly since the last Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Thoracic Society position statement in 2005. Since then, advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of PH and ...

May 23rd, 2020 - The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created major challenges for all countries around the globe. Retrospective studies have identified hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and older age as risk factors for high morbidity...

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...

Oct 31st, 2020 - Tadalafil tablets are a phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitor indicated for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) (WHO Group 1) to improve exercise ability. Studies establishing effectiveness included predominately patients with NY...

Oct 31st, 2020 - Amlodipine besylate tablets are calcium channel blocker and may be used alone or in combination with other antihypertensive and antianginal agents for the treatment of: •Hypertension (1.1) о  Amlodipine besylate tablets are indicated for the treat...

Oct 31st, 2020 - Telmisartan and hydrochlorothiazide tablets are combination of an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) and a thiazide diuretic indicated for the treatment of hypertension, alone or with other antihypertensive agents, to lower blood pressure. Lowe...

Oct 27th, 2020 - The assessment of the capacity of Primary Health Care (PHC) settings for the management of hypertension is essential to identify areas for improving management outcomes. This study aimed to assess the capacity of PHC centers in Jordan to manage hy...

Oct 27th, 2020 - To compare the yield of magnetic resonance venography (MRV)/computed tomography venography (CTV) in a group of overweight women with incidentally-discovered papilledema and symptomatic intracranial hypertension (IC-HTN) patients without risk facto...

Oct 26th, 2020 - In patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who are not at treatment goal on standard therapy, switching to riociguat is a promising strategy across a broad range of patient subgroups, an investigator said at the annua...

Oct 21st, 2020 - A 72-year-old man with a history of hypertension and coronary artery disease presents to the emergency department complaining of weakness, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. His physical examination is unremarkable. An ECG is obtained. Figure 1. Courte...

Oct 19th, 2020 - Selexipag (Uptravi) does not change the level of daily activity of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), results from the phase 4 TRACE trial suggest. "We had no preconceived idea if this drug would improve exercise capacity," said ...

Oct 14th, 2020 - People who have undergone bariatric surgery appear less likely to suffer an aortic dissection than other adults with obesity, researchers say. The finding is the latest in a series of benefits researchers have linked to the surgery, not all of whi...

Oct 12th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. When the coronavirus arrived in Philadelphia in March, Dr. Ala Stanford hunkered down at home with her husband and kids "When an elderly funeral h...