High Blood Pressure

The CV benefits of BP lowering, for both primary and secondary prevention, were found to be proportional to the intensity of the reduction regardless of baseline BP, researchers reported.

Researchers in India reported significant associations between exposure to air pollution and high systolic BP and incident hypertension in urban Delhi.

Habitual exercise, even in areas with significant air pollution and airborne particulate matter, conferred a reduced risk for hypertension, according to research published in Circulation.

Patients with hypertension had elevated mortality risk associated with COVID-19, but those who were treated for hypertension had a reduced mortality risk compared with those who did not receive treatment, according to a new study.

A draft recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force stated there is insufficient evidence of benefits or harms to support screening for high BP in asymptomatic children and adolescents.

Possibly because of higher cumulative BP levels, black individuals with had faster declines in global cognition compared with white individuals, according to a study published in JAMA Neurology.

The global burden of hypertension remains high and continues to increase, despite evidence-based therapies that have been in cardiologists’ armamentaria for many years. As a result, new treatment options are being developed and clinicians are contemplating changes to management of patients who have hypertension or are at risk for it.

Measurements of visit-to-visit BP variability may be used to identify young adults who are at increased risk for CVD and all-cause mortality at midlife, according to findings published in JAMA Cardiology.

Patients with a genetic predisposition for obesity may have an increased risk for aortic valve stenosis and valve replacement, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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