May 17, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Unlike ACCORD, the ongoing SPRINT trial has every chance of showing an impact on cardiovascular outcomes with a blood pressure goal under 120 mm Hg, an investigator on both trials argued.
The large National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-sponsored SPRINT trial is comparing a goal of 120 versus 140 mm Hg in a broader population than included in the similarly-funded, diabetes-specific ACCORD trial.…
May 16, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Only about half of hypertensive individuals check their blood pressure at home with any regularity, although that number rose slightly in recent years, national survey data showed.
Weekly or monthly home blood pressure monitoring was reported by 49.1% of hypertensive adults across 2010 and 2012 surveys combined, Carma Ayala, BSN, MPH, PhD, of the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues found.…
SAN FRANCISCO — Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy may signal future arrhythmia and heart failure risk in middle age, a population-based study affirmed.
Heart failure risk was 88% higher among women with a history of hypertensive pregnancy than the rate among women with a normotensive pregnancy (P=0.013), Dawn C.…
WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — High-salt diets have long been linked to high blood pressure, but new research finds that those with the condition may have a far greater preference for salty foods than those with normal blood pressure.
In a small study of older adults, researchers from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil found that participants with high blood pressure, or hypertension, favored bread dusted with the highest concentration of salt more than twice as much as those with normal blood pressure.…
May 15, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — Clues to the contents of long overdue hypertension guidelines and an update on renal denervation trials will be highlights here as the American Society of Hypertension meeting kicks off this week.
The program features data from the EnligHTN-1 trial outlining the first-in-man experience with the St.…
The Particulars: Yoga is becoming increasingly popular as a potential alternative or compliment to medication for the treatment of many medical conditions. It is unclear, however, the effect that yoga—performed alone or in combination with dietary intervention—has on reducing blood pressure (BP) in patients with pre-hypertension or stage 1 hypertension.…
The Particulars: Achieving accurate blood pressure (BP) measurements is essential to providing optimal anti-hypertensive treatment. Researchers have hypothesized that BP levels rise when mobile phone calls are received.
Data Breakdown: During one of two consecutive series of six BP measurements, patients in a study with mild-to-moderate hypertension received three calls on their mobile phones from an unknown number.…
The Particulars: Previous research indicates that maintaining an ideal body weight, consuming a healthy diet, regular physical activity, moderate alcohol consumption, and tobacco cessation can reduce the risk of hypertension. Little is known about the association of healthcare providers’ demographics and personal behaviors and how they influence their recommendations for adults to follow these lifestyle behaviors.…
May 13, 2013
New research is being presented at the 2013 annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, or ASH, from May 15 to 18 in San Francisco.
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May 9, 2013
Orlando, FL (May 9, 2013) — Catheter-based renal denervation, a minimally invasive procedure that delivers tiny radiofrequency pulses via electrodes to the walls of the kidney arteries, is projected to improve blood pressure and substantially reduce the incidence of major cardiovascular events in patients whose high blood pressure has not been sufficiently lowered with medications.…
