Blood Pressure

Aggressive BP lowering reduced acute decompensated HF events in SPRINT, but subsequent HF readmission and mortality did not differ between patients with reduced or preserved ejection fraction, researchers reported.

Patients with chronic kidney disease and fluid overload are at risk for cardiovascular events and kidney disease progression due to an association with a reverse-dipping blood pressure pattern, according to a speaker at ASN Kidney Week.

BP levels in U.S. adults increased during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with prior years, a finding that is not attributable to weight gain during lockdown, researchers reported in Circulation.

A database analysis of more than 3 million South Korean adults shows blood pressure variability is an independent predictor of fracture incidence during 7 years of follow-up, even among adults without hypertension.

Intensive blood pressure reduction did not appear to prevent cognitive decline and dementia, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

Patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease saw improvements in blood pressure, self-reported sodium intake and diet quality after using a smartphone nutrition app and attending telehealth counseling.

Only 13.7% of women diagnosed with a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy attended a blood pressure screening within 7 to 10 days of delivery despite recommendations to do so, according to a study published the Journal of Women’s Health.

Healio’s coverage of the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions made up the majority of the top stories in cardiology last week.

Effect of Ramadan fasting on systolic and diastolic BP.

BP control declined among U.S. adults in 2020 compared with 2019, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study of 24 health systems presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.