Blood Pressure

A slightly elevated urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio that remains within the normal range is associated with an increased prevalence of hypertension in the U.S. general population, researchers reported.

Blood pressure lowering with common antihypertension drugs varies widely among adults with hypertension, yet greater reductions are possible with personalized therapy, researchers reported.

A renin-angiotensin system combination polypill to treat high BP was associated with improved adherence and lower all-cause mortality and CV event rates vs. taking multiple pills, researchers reported.

Higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness attenuated CVD mortality risk in older and middle-aged men with high systolic BP, researchers reported.

Primary hypertension is now the leading type of pediatric hypertension, especially in adolescents, raising their subsequent risk for CV events in adulthood, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

More intensive blood pressure-lowering therapy was linked to reduced risk for recurrent stroke and major cardiovascular events in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack, according to research in JAMA Neurology.

Assessing safety of lowering BP in acute stroke after successful mechanical thrombectomy.

Treating but not overtreating hypertension is key in patients with glaucoma, according to a speaker.

The percentage of adults with metabolically healthy obesity increased from 1999 to 2018 but remains much smaller than the proportion of those with metabolically unhealthy obesity, according to study data.

NEW ORLEANS — Causal artificial intelligence used to augment a polygenic risk score for CAD helped estimate how much individual patients must lower their LDL, systolic BP or both to overcome inherited risk for a major coronary event.