Results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) have supported lower blood pressure targets among community-dwelling older adults with hypertension to reduce the risk of ...

What Causes High Blood Pressure and Who Is Most At Risk? Dr. Deval Mehta, MD, FACC, a cardiologist at Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South, explains that a variety of fa ...

Research indicated that the P/C ratio offers a quicker and more effective method for identifying significant proteinuria in ...

The analysis is based on the health records of 3,453 adults in the UK Biobank who self-identified as South Asian or East Asian. South Asian people – with origins in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan ...

Background Left ventricular (LV) mass is closely associated with atherosclerotic heart disease, but the mechanisms are not well defined. This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with ...

Learn More Causes and Risk Factors of Low Blood Pressure What is considered low blood pressure? If your blood pressure is consistently below 90/60 mm Hg, be sure to talk to your doctor, though it's ...

The early assessment of heart failure (HF) risk in patients with acute coronary syndrome ... In addition, patients with HF events were more likely to be women and have lower blood pressure (systolic ...

2 This would result in finding many individuals with a diagnosis of FH who are clinically asymptomatic. Risk stratification of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic patients with FH who ...

Although the core of preoperative risk stratification are clinical risk scores, such as the Revised Cardiac Risk Index, they are known to have limited accuracy and additional tools to improve risk ...

Reducing blood pressure could significantly reduce the risk of "major cardiovascular events" for people with type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Published in The New England Journal of ...

All participants were 50 or older. The scientists found even just a few years of blood pressure control significantly reduced the risk of mild cognitive impairment or dementia.