Hypertension News

Top-line data from the phase 3 DARE-19 trial show that the SGLT2 inhibitor dapagliflozin failed to prevent organ dysfunction and all-cause mortality among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 at risk for developing serious complications.

Labeling low-risk individuals based on a high BP reading led to increased worry and disease perceptions and no changes in willingness to make lifestyle changes, researchers reported.

Among veterans with HIV and new-onset hypertension, beta-blockers were independently associated with increased risk for incident CVD or death compared with ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers, researchers reported.

From 1999 to 2018, Black adults in rural communities continuously experienced greater risk for death from diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and stroke compared with white adults, researchers reported.

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes has revised its guideline on managing blood pressure in patients with chronic kidney disease. The guideline was originally published in 2012.

Nocturnal systolic hypertension conferred a higher likelihood of adverse kidney and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to a study that compared different nocturnal hypertension entities.

Having a first-degree relative with a history of end-stage kidney disease did not appear to increase the risk for long-term kidney function decline or hypertension in African American kidney donors, according to study results.

Phosphate binder lanthanum carbonate increased systolic blood pressure in patients with chronic kidney disease, leading researchers to suggest the drug “may reduce gastrointestinal absorption of antihypertensive medications.”

For patients with hypertension, variation in eGFR measurements over time appeared to increase risk for all-cause mortality but did not demonstrate an association with cardiovascular events.

BP control may be critical for the preservation of cognitive function, according to a study published in Hypertension.