Hypertension News

• Study Identifies CV Comorbidities Linked to Dermatomyositis The results "represent potential areas for preventative intervention," the researchers wrote.
  Medscape Medical News, January 08, 2024
• Circadian BP Shifts Earlier in Children With MS OSA Sleep monitoring data suggested that tracking disturbances could help map blood pressure dysregulation in young patients.
  Medscape Medical News, January 03, 2024
• Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: A 'Silver Lining'? While they can be fatal upon rupture or dissection, ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms are also associated with apparent protection against atherosclerosis.
  Medscape Medical News, January 02, 2024
• Explainer-What Other Health Conditions Might Weight-loss Drugs Treat? Novo Nordisk's blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic and weight-loss therapy Wegovy are being studied to see whether they can improve health in other ways.
  Reuters Health Information, January 02, 2024
• 'World's Healthiest Arteries' Found to Be the Most Elastic Members of an indigenous community in the Bolivian Amazon have arteries that age more gradually than those of healthy, urban patients.
  Medscape Medical News, December 28, 2023
• Device-Detected Atrial High-Rate Episodes Tied to Mortality Atrial high-rate episodes are associated with more than twice the risk for mortality in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator.
  Medscape Medical News, December 27, 2023
• Female Patients With PCI Benefit From Abbreviated DAPT Women undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention who receive abbreviated rather than standard dual antiplatelet therapy have similar outcomes to men despite higher baseline risk.
  Medscape Medical News, December 20, 2023
• Reducing CVD Morbidity and Mortality in Psoriasis and PsA Only a minority of patients with psoriatic disease know about their increased risks.
  MDedge News, December 20, 2023
• Thiazide Diuretics May Promote Hyponatremia The risk for hyponatremia was higher with thiazide drugs compared with nonthiazide drugs in older adults and patients with comorbidities.
  Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2023
• AI-Aided Stethoscope Beats PCP in Detecting Valvular HD A stethoscope that uses AI is more sensitive to detecting signs of valvular heart disease than a standard stethoscope is in the hands of a primary care physician, a new study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, December 13, 2023
• Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair Improved Quality of Life Transcatheter tricuspid repair reduced valve regurgitation and improved quality of life at 1 year even for the sickest patients, but mortality remained high, new analysis of TRILUMINATE trial shows.
  Medscape Medical News, December 12, 2023
• Younger Heart Disease Onset Tied to Higher Dementia Risk Among patients with coronary heart disease, younger age of disease onset is significantly associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia.
  Medscape Medical News, December 11, 2023
• Alert FDA Clears Becton's Less-Invasive Blood Collection Device Becton Dickinson said on Thursday the FDA cleared its finger-prick blood collection device that could provide a less-invasive option for some commonly ordered lab tests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 07, 2023
• Antihypertensives Show Similar Long-Term Mortality Rates Long-term data showed negligible differences in mortality among hypertensive adults treated with thiazide-type diuretics, calcium channel blockers, or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.
  MDedge News, December 08, 2023
• Sotatercept Endorsed for PAH by ICER Drug's novel mechanism of action raises hopes of disease-modifying activity, but long-term cost-effectiveness rests on improvement in functional status.
  Medscape Medical News, December 06, 2023
• Next Up for PCPs: Managing CKM An AHA presidential advisory introduced the concept of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health, with PCPs as key providers.
  Medscape Medical News, December 05, 2023
• Analysis Supports Link Between Psoriasis and OSA Several hypotheses may explain the connection, such as the presence of inflammatory mediators and nocturnal cytokine secretion, according to the authors.
  Medscape Medical News, December 04, 2023
• Ohio Group Scores Record Hypertension Control Rates Artificial intelligence is vastly improving blood pressure control at one Midwestern primary care practice. Could your group do the same?
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• Late-Life Increases in Pulmonary Pressure, Hypertension Age-related increases in pulmonary artery systolic pressure occur in concert with worsening left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and contribute to late-life dyspnea, new data show.
  Medscape Medical News, November 30, 2023
• Vagus Nerve Stimulation Promising In POTS Results of a small new study support use of this non-invasive neuromodulation to treat patients with postural tachycardia syndrome.
  Medscape Medical News, November 29, 2023
• Long-Term Use of ADHD Meds and CVD Risk: New Data Despite previous mixed findings, results of a large Swedish study show an increased risk for CVD with long-term use of medications, especially stimulants, to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
  Medscape Medical News, November 22, 2023
• PREVENT: AHA's New Risk Calculator Incorporates CKM Health The new cardiovascular disease risk equations start at age 30, include measures of kidney and metabolic health, add heart failure, and remove race from the equations.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2023
• AHA 2023 Single Injection Reduces Blood Pressure for 6 Months The RNA interference therapeutic targeting synthesis of angiotensinogen lowered BP in adults with mild to moderate hypertension for up to 6 months after one dose in the phase 2 KARDIA-1 study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2023
• Alert FDA OKs Symplicity Renal Denervation System for Hypertension After a mixed FDA panel review in August, the agency has approved Medtronic's Symplicity Spyral renal denervation system for treatment of hypertension.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2023
• Kidney Week 2023 Albuminuria Reduction Fuels Finerenone's Kidney Benefits The findings of the mediation analyses underscore the important role that albuminuria plays in the nephropathy and related comorbidities associated with type 2 diabetes and CKD.
  MDedge News, November 17, 2023
• T2D: Real Benefits of New Oral Antidiabetic Drugs Could combining SGLT2 inhibitors with GLP-1R agonists have a cardioprotective and nephroprotective effect for patients with type 2 diabetes?
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2023
• AHA 2023 Low-Salt Diet Cut BP by 6 mm Hg in 1 Week: CARDIA-SSBP The blood pressure reduction brought about by the low-sodium diet may be comparable to that produced by a single antihypertensive medication.
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2023
• AHA 2023 Better Postpartum BP Control With Self-Monitoring: POP-HT Self-monitoring blood pressure during the early postpartum period resulted in lower BPs and could prevent later cardiovascular events in women with hypertensive pregnancies, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2023
• AHA 2023 Blood Pressure Lowering Reduces Dementia Risk Blood Pressure Lowering Reduces Dementia Risk
  Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2023
• Treating Cancer Survivors at Increased Cardiovascular Risk A cardio-oncology rehabilitation model for cancer survivors at high cardiovascular risk may lead to greater improvements in peak oxygen consumption in comparison with usual care.
  Medscape Medical News, November 10, 2023
• AHA 2023 Women Have Worse Outcomes in Cardiogenic Shock A new analysis of a large contemporary registry of patients with cardiogenic shock has shown worse outcomes for women than men, driven particularly by those with shock related to heart failure.
  Medscape Medical News, November 09, 2023
• AHA 2023 Marijuana Use Tied to Heart Failure, MI, Stroke Clinicians need to ask patients about marijuana as more observational studies are finding a link with marijuana use and cannabis use disorder and cardiovascular outcomes, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, November 09, 2023
• Standing BP Measures Improve Hypertension Diagnosis Adding blood pressure measurements while a patient is standing increases the sensitivity to detect hypertension, a new study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, November 08, 2023
• FDA OKs Paradise Renal Denervation System for Hypertension After a positive FDA panel review in August, the FDA has approved the Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation system for the treatment of hypertension, manufacturer Recor and parent company Otsuka announced.
  Medscape Medical News, November 08, 2023
• Alert FDA Approves Tirzepatide for Treating Obesity Tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Eli Lilly’s Zepbound, is already approved under the name Mounjaro for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, November 08, 2023
• Even an Hour's Walk a Week Lowers Risk in Type 2 Diabetes Leisure time activity equivalent to less than 1.5 hours' walking time per week may be enough to substantially reduce the risk for neuropathy and nephropathy in type 2 diabetes, say Danish researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, August 29, 2023
• Artificial Sweeteners Increase Cardiovascular Risk A recent scientific review confirms that artificial sweeteners affect primary cardiovascular risk factors.
  Medscape Medical News, August 22, 2023
• Firefighters Fight Fat With Mediterranean Diet Adoption A communal approach to adopting the Mediterranean diet lowered firefighters' risks for cardiovascular disease and cancer and improved their dietary adherence, both at home and work.
  Medscape Medical News, August 18, 2023
• Epistaxis and Hypertension: Reviewing a Complex Relationship Serious spontaneous epistaxis may be the presenting sign of underlying true hypertension in about 43% of patients.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2023