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The role of nutrition, nutraceuticals, vitamins, antioxidants, and minerals in the prevention and treatment of hypertension.
Abstract Macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies are very common in the general population and may be even more common in patients with hypertension and cardiovascular disease due to genetic or environmental causes and prescription drug use. These deficiencies will have an enormous impact on present and future cardiovascular health and outcomes, such as hypertension, myocardial infarction, stroke and renal disease, and on overall health costs. The diagnosis and treatment of these nutrient deficiencies can reduce blood pressure; improve vascular health, endothelial dysfunction, and vascular biology; and decrea...
Source: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine - September 20, 2013 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Houston MC Tags: Altern Ther Health Med Source Type: research

The VitDISH Study: Vit D Supplementation Does Not Improve ISH in Older Patients
Low vitamin D levels have been associated with stroke and heart failure and studies of supplementation suggest a salutatory effect on hypertension in some patients. Here, more data to consider but no final conclusions.
Source: Consultant Live - October 9, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Metabolic Syndrome and Non-Cardiac Vascular Diseases: an Update from Human Studies.
Abstract The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is characterized by a cluster of risk factors including central obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia and insulin resistance, The MetS is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Several international organizations have defined MetS using different diagnostic criteria that produced discrepancies in the results of previous studies, thus leading to the latest Joint Interim Societies (JIS) MetS definition. Other risk factors than the diagnostic criteria that have been associated with MetS include lipid abnormalities, u...
Source: Current Pharmaceutical Design - December 5, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Katsiki N, Athyros VG, Karagiannis A, Mikhailidis DP Tags: Curr Pharm Des Source Type: research

Zimbabwe: Contaminated BP Drug Recalled
[The Herald]Local pharmacies have removed Brinerdin, a drug used to treat hypertension, from their shelves after it was recently recalled by its Swiss manufacturer - Novartis - to ensure compliance with regulatory standards and quality control.The withdrawal of Brinerdin from the local market came amid indications that the drug caused severe side-effects such as kidney malfunction, ulcers, stroke, heart failure and depletes vitamins.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 24, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news

A ‘Posterior Circulation Stroke’ that Benefits from Vitamins
A 75-year-old woman was admitted for somnolence and confusion. She had been treated for hypertension and hyperlipidemia. One year before, she had been hospitalized for a mild right ataxic hemiparesis attributed to a lacunar stroke and received aspirin 100 mg/day. For the past 6 months, she regularly complained about gastric discomfort and bloating, which was attributed to the aspirin intake. As a consequence of her gastric problems and her decreasing appetite, her food intake was very limited. During a call, 24 hours before admission, she complained about nausea and vomiting for the past 2 days; she felt dizzy and staggere...
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - December 13, 2013 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Theodoros Karapanayiotides, Athanasia Anastasiou, Nikolaos Barmpas, Nikolaos Grigoriadis, Dimitrios Karacostas Tags: Clinical communications to the editor Source Type: research

A prospective survey in European Society of Cardiology member countries of atrial fibrillation management: baseline results of EURObservational Research Programme Atrial Fibrillation (EORP-AF) Pilot General Registry
Conclusion The EURObservational Research Programme Atrial Fibrillation (EORP-AF) Pilot Registry has provided systematic collection of contemporary data regarding the management and treatment of AF by cardiologists in ESC member countries. Oral anticoagulant use has increased, but novel OAC use was still low. Compliance with the treatment guidelines for patients with the lowest and higher stroke risk scores remains suboptimal.
Source: Europace - February 25, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lip, G. Y. H., Laroche, C., Dan, G.-A., Santini, M., Kalarus, Z., Rasmussen, L. H., Oliveira, M. M., Mairesse, G., Crijns, H. J. G. M., Simantirakis, E., Atar, D., Kirchhof, P., Vardas, P., Tavazzi, L., Maggioni, A. P. Tags: Atrial fibrillation Source Type: research

Genetic Implication of a Novel Thiamine Transporter in Human Hypertension
ConclusionsNovel strategies were coupled to position a new hypertension-susceptibility locus, uncovering a previously unsuspected thiamine transporter whose genetic variants predicted several disturbances in cardiac and autonomic function. The results have implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of systemic hypertension.
Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging - April 14, 2014 Category: Radiology Source Type: research

Atrial Fibrillation and Chronic Kidney Disease in Hypertension: A Common and Dangerous Triad.
Abstract Hypertension (HTN) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) often coexist sharing common pathophysiological factors that both in combination and separately induce fibrotic changes in the heart provoking atrial fibrillation (AF). AF, per se, is associated with a 4- to 5-fold increased risk of stroke and a 2-fold increased risk of all-cause death. The co-existence of AF with HTN and renal dysfunction considerably increases morbidity and mortality. Management of AF in hypertensive patients with CKD is complex and multidisciplinary, since these patients have both a prothrombotic state and a coagulopathy with an incre...
Source: Current Vascular Pharmacology - May 19, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Tsiachris D, Tsioufis C, Mazzone P, Katsiki N, Stefanadis C Tags: Curr Vasc Pharmacol Source Type: research

Evaluation of the relationship between serum apelin levels and vitamin D and mean platelet volume in diabetic patients.
CONCLUSION: We failed to show an association between vitamin D, apelin and MPV higher volumes of which may have a role in cardiovascular complications related to diabetes by increasing platelet activation. PMID: 25156130 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annales d'Endocrinologie - August 22, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Kiskac M, Zorlu M, Cakirca M, Karatoprak C, Kesgin S, Büyükaydın B, Yavuz E, Ardic C, Camli AA, Cikrikcioglu MA Tags: Ann Endocrinol (Paris) Source Type: research

Inverse Relationship Between High Blood 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Late Stage of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Representative Korean Population Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
Conclusions. High level of blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D was inversely associated with late AMD in men but not women. Considering antiangiogenic and antifibrotic action of vitamin D, association between two variables warrants further studies.
Source: Investigative Ophthalmology - August 6, 2014 Category: Opthalmology Authors: Kim, E. C., Han, K., Jee, D. Tags: Clinical and Epidemiologic Research Source Type: research

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms in cardiovascular disease.
Abstract Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS or NOS3), an enzyme constitutively expressed especially in endothelial cells, is largely responsible for nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability at the endothelial level. Alterations in endothelial-derived NO production have been associated with various diseases, and, in humans, can be genetically determined by the presence of different polymorphisms in the eNOS gene. To date, the most studied and functionally related polymorphisms are: Glu298Asp (rs1799983), -786T/C (rs2070744), and the intron 4 variable number tandem repeat. Evidence supports a major role of these varia...
Source: Vitamins and Hormones - September 9, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Vecoli C Tags: Vitam Horm Source Type: research

Fruit juice link to high blood pressure not proven
ConclusionThis cross-sectional study found a link between regular fruit juice consumption and slightly increased central blood pressure in a group of 130 largely healthy 50 to 70 year olds. People who drank juice daily had a systolic pressure (the upper figure) 3 to 4mmHg higher than those who drank juice rarely or occasionally.However, when measuring the blood pressure in the standard way, using an inflatable cuff around the arm, there was no link.  The media reports focus on the possibility that the slight raise in blood pressure could increase a person's risk of a variety of blood pressure-related complications. But it...
Source: NHS News Feed - October 13, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart/lungs Food/diet Source Type: news

Management of venous thrombo-embolism: an update
Venous thrombo-embolism is the third most frequent acute cardiovascular syndrome after myocardial infarction and stroke. Recently published landmark trials paved the way for significant progress in the management of the disease and provided the evidence for the ESC Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Guidelines 2014 update. Risk stratification strategies for non-high-risk PE continue to evolve, with an increasing emphasis on clinical prediction rules and right ventricular (RV) assessment on computed tomographic pulmonary angiography. In the field of anticoagulation treatment, pharmacogenetic testing for vitamin K antagonists on top of...
Source: European Heart Journal - November 1, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Konstantinides, S., Torbicki, A. Tags: Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine Source Type: research

Pontine infarction responsible for wall-eyed bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia syndrome
A 68-year-old man with hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia, and a mechanical heart valve replacement treated with vitamin K antagonists was admitted for the acute onset of diplopia. Neuro-ophthalmologic examination showed a bilateral exotropia in primary gaze position (wall-eyed) with bilateral adduction deficit that did not improve by convergence (figure, video at Neurology.org/cp). In lateral gaze, a horizontal nystagmus of the abducting eyes appeared. Vertical saccades were normal (video). Pupils were symmetric and reactive to light. Brain MRI with diffusion-weighted images showed an acute pontine ischemic lesion (figure)....
Source: Nature Clinical Practice - December 8, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Mathis, T., Ducray, F., Tilikete, C., Vighetto, A., Biotti, D. Tags: Clinical neurology examination, All Neuro-ophthalmology, Ocular motility, Diplopia (double vision), All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke Cases Source Type: research

Sex-related differences in presentation, treatment, and outcome of patients with atrial fibrillation in Europe: a report from the Euro Observational Research Programme Pilot survey on Atrial Fibrillation
Conclusion The EORP-AF Pilot survey provides contemporary data on sex differences in clinical features and management of AF patients participating in the EORP-AF Pilot registry. Female subjects were older and more symptomatic, compared with males, and were more likely to receive rate control. Also, female patients were at higher stroke risk overall, but oral anticoagulation was used in a high proportion of patients.
Source: Europace - December 31, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Lip, G. Y. H., Laroche, C., Boriani, G., Cimaglia, P., Dan, G.-A., Santini, M., Kalarus, Z., Rasmussen, L. H., Popescu, M. I., Tica, O., Hellum, C. F., Mortensen, B., Tavazzi, L., Maggioni, A. P. Tags: Atrial fibrillation Source Type: research