Hypertension News

Remote BP monitoring and collaborative telehealth visits with a pharmacist improved BP control among patients at rural nephrology clinics and reduced hospitalization, a speaker reported.

The timing of when a patient takes their blood pressure medication does not appear to matter for reducing CV event risk, according to two trials and a meta-analysis presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

Discontinuation of renin-angiotensin system inhibitor therapy before major noncardiac surgery did not appear to affect postoperative outcomes vs. treatment continuation, a speaker reported.

Neighborhoods with higher socioeconomic disadvantage, particularly predominantly Black areas, had higher rates of hypertension and lower rates of BP treatment vs. less disadvantaged neighborhoods, researchers reported.

With use of a cuffless BP device, 1 week of continuous monitoring was enough to accurately identify the majority of patients’ time in target range, which may improve management of hypertension, researchers reported.

Hypertension expert and longtime editorial board member for Healio | Cardiology and Healio | Endocrinology George L. Bakris, MD, died June 15, 2024, at the age of 72.

Hypertension and albuminuria risks may not significantly differ between living kidney donors and nondonors with the same follow-up schedule, according to published data.

PHILADELPHIA — A task force has issued an updated multispeciality guide to help clinicians manage diabetes, cardiorenal and metabolic diseases.

Social determinants of health mediate the risk for treatment-resistant hypertension, especially among Black adults who may be disproportionately affected by barriers to equitable education and income, researchers reported.