Managing patients with acute or chronic HFpEF and concurrent hypertension is difficult. Make sure you're confident prescribing the optimal drug combination.
Healthy, plant-based diets can be useful in preventing and treating hypertension. Incorporating evidence-based nutritional education into clinical care and society more broadly would help hypertension control.
Diagnosing pediatric hypertension is difficult, and adherence to treatment guidelines is poor. What approaches and interventions can help treat these patients and reduce ensuing cardiovascular events in adulthood?
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Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.
Hypertensive urgency and echolalia were the most striking symptoms of memantine overdose in an elderly man with mild dementia and hypertension. Early medication review with caregivers of people with dementia is key.
A panel of experts examine the differential diagnosis for secondary hypertension in a young child, and the eventual diagnosis and management of generalized arterial calcification in infants.
A 63-year-old woman presented with multiple, short-succession hospital admissions for heart failure and sustained hypertension despite intensive therapy. A diagnosis of a secondary hyperaldosteronism was made, resulting from renal hypoperfusion due to narrowing of the thoracic aorta by a huge calcified plaque, mimicking an aortic coarctation.
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by symptoms such as tremor, muscle rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability [ 1 ]. It is the predominant movement disorder among the elderly …
The International Scientific Association of Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) defines “probiotics” as “microorganisms that, when consumed in adequate doses or concentrations, can benefit the consumer’s health” and comprise both bacteria (e.g. …
Open AccessEchocardiographyEchocardiography (JM Gardin and AH Waller, Section Editors)
Left ventricular (LV) strain is widely used in the detection of subclinical LV dysfunction (e.g., cancer treatment-related cardiac dysfunction), heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), the assessment of LV diastolic dysfunction …
Resistant hypertension (RHT) is characterized by persistently high blood pressure (BP) levels above the widely recommended therapeutic targets of less than 140/90 mmHg office BP, despite life-style measures and optimal medical therapies, including …
An expert-led symposium exploring the most pertinent issues in cardio-oncology, with a focus on the new ESC guidelines. Highlights include preventative approaches in cardio-oncology, toxicity risk-stratification strategies, the clinical management of myocarditis as an adverse effect of immune checkpoint inhibitor-treatments, and the utility of biomarkers in long-term follow-up of cardiovascular disease risk in cancer patients.
Cushing’s disease, the most common form of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome, is a rare and debilitating condition caused by an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting pituitary tumour, resulting in excessive secretion of cortisol from the …
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer and accounts for approximately 90% of cases [ 1 ]. Recently, the therapeutic armamentarium available for the systemic treatment of this disease has expanded. Sorafenib …
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by symptoms such as tremor, muscle rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability [ 1 ]. It is the predominant movement disorder among the elderly …
Open AccessEchocardiographyEchocardiography (JM Gardin and AH Waller, Section Editors)
Left ventricular (LV) strain is widely used in the detection of subclinical LV dysfunction (e.g., cancer treatment-related cardiac dysfunction), heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), the assessment of LV diastolic dysfunction …
