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Hypertension Canada ’s 2017 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults
Publication date: Available online 10 March 2017 Source:Canadian Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Alexander A. Leung, Stella S. Daskalopoulou, Kaberi Dasgupta, Kerry McBrien, Sonia Butalia, Kelly B. Zarnke, Kara Nerenberg, Kevin C. Harris, Meranda Nakhla, Lyne Cloutier, Mark Gelfer, Maxime Lamarre-Cliche, Alain Milot, Peter Bolli, Guy Tremblay, Donna McLean, Sheldon W. Tobe, Marcel Ruzicka, Kevin D. Burns, Michel Vallée, G. V. Ramesh Prasad, Steven E. Gryn, Ross D. Feldman, Peter Selby, Andrew Pipe CM, Ernesto L. Schiffrin, Philip A. McFarlane, Paul Oh, Robert A. Hegele, Milan Khara, Thomas W. Wilson, S. Brian Penner, El...
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - March 9, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Comparison of Carotid Plaque Score and Coronary Artery Calcium Score for Predicting Cardiovascular Disease Events: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Epidemiology
BackgroundCoronary artery calcium (CAC) predicts coronary heart disease (CHD) events better than carotid wall plaque presence; however, differences in the utility of CAC burden and carotid plaque burden across the spectrum of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events is unknown.Methods and ResultsCVD, CHD and stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) events were evaluated prospectively in a multiethnic cohort without CVD at baseline. Carotid plaque score was determined by the number of ultrasound‐detected plaques in the common, bifurcation, and internal carotid artery segments. CAC was detected by computed tomography. Predictive ...
Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - February 14, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Gepner, A. D., Young, R., Delaney, J. A., Budoff, M. J., Polak, J. F., Blaha, M. J., Post, W. S., Michos, E. D., Kaufman, J., Stein, J. H. Tags: Epidemiology, Primary Prevention, Risk Factors, Computerized Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Original Research Source Type: research
Blood pressure treatment levels and choice of antihypertensive agent in people with diabetes mellitus: an overview of systematic reviews
Conclusion: The available evidence supports treatment in people with type 2 diabetes and SBP more than 140 mmHg, using any of the major antihypertensive drug classes.
Source: Journal of Hypertension - January 31, 2017 Category: Cardiology Tags: Reviews Source Type: research
Association of Rheumatoid Factors With Subclinical and Clinical Atherosclerosis in African American Women: The Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
ConclusionRA‐related autoantibodies are associated with subclinical and clinical atherosclerosis in African American women from a community‐based non‐RA cohort, indicating autoimmune factors may play a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.
Source: Arthritis Care and Research - January 26, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Darcy S. Majka, Thanh ‐Huyen T. Vu, Richard M. Pope, Marius Teodorescu, Elizabeth W. Karlson, Kiang Liu, Rowland W. Chang Tags: Rheumatoid Arthritis Source Type: research
Beta-blockers for hypertension.
CONCLUSIONS: Most outcome RCTs on beta-blockers as initial therapy for hypertension have high risk of bias. Atenolol was the beta-blocker most used. Current evidence suggests that initiating treatment of hypertension with beta-blockers leads to modest CVD reductions and little or no effects on mortality. These beta-blocker effects are inferior to those of other antihypertensive drugs. Further research should be of high quality and should explore whether there are differences between different subtypes of beta-blockers or whether beta-blockers have differential effects on younger and older people.
PMID: 28107561 [PubMe...
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - January 19, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Wiysonge CS, Bradley HA, Volmink J, Mayosi BM, Opie LH Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
How To Lower Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke
Italy's Emma Morano will be celebrating her 117th birthday at the end of this month. She's the oldest living person in the world.
And when she was asked what her secret to longevity was, she didn't miss a beat.
Her answer? She eats two or three eggs every day.
I'm not at all surprised by Emma's long, healthy life. People thrived on eggs for millions of years.
The Myth of Eggs and Cholesterol
That is, until the 1950s, when they came under attack because they're high in cholesterol. Around that time, cholesterol was blamed for causing heart disease.
And we now know that's not true.
Choleste...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - December 15, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
The Role of Beta-Blockers in the Treatment of Hypertension.
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Primary/essential hypertension in younger/middle-age is underpinned by high sympathetic nerve activity. In this age-group high resting heart rates and high plasma norepinephrine levels (independent of blood pressure) are linked to premature cardiovascular events and death. Thus, anti-hypertensive agents that increase sympathetic nerve activity ie diuretics, dihydropyridine calcium blockers, and ARBs, are inappropriate first-line choices in this younger age-group. Beta-blockers perform well vs randomised placebo and other antihypertensive agents regarding reduced risk of death/stroke/myocardial in...
Source: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology - December 14, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Adv Exp Med Biol Source Type: research
Greater Volume but not Higher Density of Abdominal Aortic Calcium Is Associated With Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) Outcomes Research
Conclusions—
The Agatston method of upweighting calcium scores for greater density may be inappropriate for CVD risk prediction in both the abdominal aorta and coronary arteries.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - November 9, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Forbang, N. I., Michos, E. D., McClelland, R. L., Remigio-Baker, R. A., Allison, M. A., Sandfort, V., Ix, J. H., Thomas, I., Rifkin, D. E., Criqui, M. H. Tags: Cardiovascular Disease, Computerized Tomography (CT), Atherosclerosis Outcomes Research Source Type: research
Coronary Artery Calcium Score Improves the Prediction of Occult Coronary Artery Stenosis in Ischemic Stroke Patients Stroke
BackgroundCoronary heart disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in stroke patients. The coronary artery calcium score (CACS) has emerged as a robust and noninvasive predictor of coronary events. We assessed the predictive ability of CACS to identify stroke patients with severe (≥50%) occult coronary artery stenosis in a stroke/transient ischemic attack population, in addition to the PRECORIS score, based on Framingham Risk Score and presence of cervicocephalic artery stenosis, which was derived and validated for that purpose.Methods and ResultsWe enrolled consecutive patients aged 45 to 75 years refer...
Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - October 30, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Beigneux, Y., Sablayrolles, J.-L., Varenne, O., Mas, J.-L., Calvet, D. Tags: Computerized Tomography (CT), Ischemic Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Atherosclerosis, Coronary Artery Disease Original Research Source Type: research
Genetic basis of Atrial Fibrillation
Publication date: Available online 24 September 2016 Source:Genes & Diseases Author(s): Oscar Campuzano, Alexandra Perez-Serra, Anna Iglesias, Ramon Brugada Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained arrhythmia and remains as one of main challenges in current clinical practice. The disease may be induced secondary to other diseases such as hypertension, valvular heart disease, and heart failure, conferring an increased risk of stroke and sudden death. Epidemiological studies have provided evidence that genetic factors play an important role and up to 30% of clinically diagnosed patients may have a family his...
Source: Genes and Diseases - September 24, 2016 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: research
Racial differences in association of serum calcium with mortality and incident cardio- and cerebrovascular events.
CONCLUSIONS: Race modified the U-shaped association between calcium and all-cause mortality. Serum calcium is not associated with incident stroke or CHD in neither AA nor white patients. The race-specific difference in the association of calcium levels with mortality warrants further examination.
PMID: 27631543 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - September 14, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Lu JL, Molnar MZ, Ma JZ, George LK, Sumida K, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kovesdy CP Tags: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research
Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Renal Function in Older Men: The Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study
Conclusions: In this longitudinal sample of older men, the findings supported the hypothesis that long-term PM2.5 exposure negatively affects renal function and increases renal function decline.
Citation: Mehta AJ, Zanobetti A, Bind MC, Kloog I, Koutrakis P, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz JD. 2016. Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and renal function in older men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect 124:1353–1360; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1510269
Address correspondence to A.J. Mehta, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Landmark Ce...
Source: EHP Research - September 1, 2016 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Research Article September 2016 Source Type: research
Dietary choline and betaine; associations with subclinical markers of cardiovascular disease risk and incidence of CVD, coronary heart disease and stroke: the Jackson Heart Study
ConclusionsAmong our African-American participants, higher dietary choline intake was associated with a lower risk of incident ischemic stroke, and thus putative dietary benefits. Higher dietary betaine intake was associated with a nonlinear higher risk of incident CHD.
Source: European Journal of Nutrition - August 21, 2016 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research
In the Raw: To Cook or Not to Cook?
Imagine never again savoring the smell of baking cakes or charbroiled steak.
Could you? Why would you?
Yet some people worldwide are turning away not only from meat and processed food, but also from cooking.
Welcome to the raw food diet.
As the Standard American Diet becomes more fat-laden, sugar-sated, and processed, the prevalence of metabolic disorders, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are soaring.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), obesity now affects nearly 35 percent of the population of the United States, over 29 million people have been diagnosed with t...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
