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China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial: Visit-to-Visit Systolic Blood Pressure Variability Is an Independent Predictor of Primary Stroke in Hypertensive Patients Stroke
ConclusionsVisit‐to‐visit SBP variability is an independent predictor of primary stroke in Chinese hypertensive patients. This predictive value depends on the number of blood pressure measurements used to calculate variability but is independent of mean SBP.Clinical Trial RegistrationURL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00794885.
Source: JAHA:Journal of the American Heart Association - March 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Men, X., Sun, W., Fan, F., Zhao, M., Huang, X., Wang, Y., Liu, L., Liu, R., , Peng, Q., Qin, X., Tang, G., Li, J., Zhang, Y., Cai, Y., Hou, F. F., Wang, B., Xu, X., Cheng, X., Sun, N., Huang, Y., Huo, Y. Tags: Epidemiology, Hypertension, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke Original Research Source Type: research

Abstract 232: Parenteral Antihypertensive Use on the First Day of Hospitalization after Acute Ischemic Stroke: A US Population Study Poster Session II
Conclusion: Approximately 16% of AIS patients receive IV AH medication in the first 24 hours of admission in the US. The rate of early AH treatment has increased over time both overall and among those who did not receive rt-PA. Whether this is due to increasingly aggressive BP treatment by physicians or higher BP on admission among AIS patients is unclear. Contrary to recommendations, nicardipine was used infrequently. More evidence is required to justify specific AH agents for BP treatment in AIS.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - May 15, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wang, Y., McDonough, E., Adeoye, O., LaPensee, K., Crothers, T. C., Kleindorfer, D. Tags: Poster Session II Source Type: research

Folate Supplementation in HTN May Lower Risk for First StrokeFolate Supplementation in HTN May Lower Risk for First Stroke
Investigators from China say it's time to rethink the possible CV benefits of folic-acid supplementation: adding it to enalapril reduced risk of first stroke in hypertensive patients without CHD. Heartwire from Medscape
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - March 16, 2015 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

Critical Blood Pressure Threshold Dependence of Hypertensive Injury and Repair in a Malignant Nephrosclerosis Model Kidney
Most patients with essential hypertension do not exhibit substantial renal damage. Renal autoregulation by preventing glomerular transmission of systemic pressures has been postulated to mediate this resistance. Conversely, malignant nephrosclerosis (MN) has been postulated to develop when severe hypertension exceeds a critical ceiling. If the concept is valid, even modest blood pressure (BP) reductions to below this threshold regardless of antihypertensive class (1) should prevent MN and (2) lead to the healing of the already developed MN lesions. Both predicates were tested using BP radiotelemetry in the stroke-prone spo...
Source: Hypertension - September 10, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Griffin, K. A., Polichnowski, A., Litbarg, N., Picken, M., Venkatachalam, M. A., Bidani, A. K. Tags: Animal models of human disease Kidney Source Type: research

Folic acid therapy reduces the risk of mortality associated with heavy proteinuria among hypertensive patients
Objective: We aimed to evaluate whether proteinuria and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) levels can modify the efficacy of folic acid therapy on the risk of all-cause mortality among hypertensive patients in the China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial, a randomized, double-blind, and controlled trial. Methods: A total of 20 702 hypertensive patients without a history of major cardiovascular diseases were randomly assigned to a double-blind daily treatment of a single tablet containing 10-mg enalapril and 0.8-mg folic acid (n = 10 348), or 10-mg enalapril alone (n = 10 354). All-cause mortality, a pr...
Source: Journal of Hypertension - April 26, 2017 Category: Cardiology Tags: ORIGINAL PAPERS: Kidney Source Type: research

Effect of the angiotensin-receptor-neprilysin inhibitor LCZ696 compared with enalapril on mode of death in heart failure patients
Conclusions LCZ696 was superior to enalapril in reducing both sudden cardiac deaths and deaths from worsening heart failure, which accounted for the majority of cardiovascular deaths. Clinical Trial Registration https://clinicaltrials.gov/, NCT01035255.
Source: European Heart Journal - August 7, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Desai, A. S., McMurray, J. J. V., Packer, M., Swedberg, K., Rouleau, J. L., Chen, F., Gong, J., Rizkala, A. R., Brahimi, A., Claggett, B., Finn, P. V., Hartley, L. H., Liu, J., Lefkowitz, M., Shi, V., Zile, M. R., Solomon, S. D. Tags: Heart failure/cardiomyopathy Source Type: research

Polypill for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (PolyIran): study design and rationale for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
Conclusion The infrastructure of GCS and the primary health care system in Iran enabled the conduct of this pragmatic large-scale trial. If the polypill strategy proves effective, it may be implemented to prevent cardiovascular disease in developing countries.
Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - November 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ostovaneh, M. R., Poustchi, H., Hemming, K., Marjani, H., Pourshams, A., Nateghi, A., Majed, M., Navabakhsh, B., Khoshnia, M., Jaafari, E., Mohammadifard, N., Malekzadeh, F., Merat, S., Sadeghi, M., Naemi, M., Etemadi, A., Thomas, G. N., Sarrafzadegan, N. Tags: Original scientific paper Source Type: research

Elevated Homocysteine Concentrations Decrease the Antihypertensive Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Hypertensive Patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Elevated Hcy concentrations significantly decreased the antihypertensive effect of the short-term and long-term enalapril-based antihypertensive treatment in previously untreated hypertensive patients. PMID: 27834686 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology - November 9, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Qin X, Li Y, Sun N, Wang H, Zhang Y, Wang J, Li J, Xu X, Liang M, Nie J, Wang B, Cheng X, Li N, Sun Y, Zhao L, Wang X, Hou FF, Huo Y Tags: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol Source Type: research

The effects of sacubitril/valsartan on coronary outcomes in PARADIGM-HF
Conclusions Compared with enalapril, sacubitril/valsartan reduced the risk of both the primary endpoint and a coronary composite outcome in PARADIGM-HF. Additional studies on the effect of sacubitril/valsartan on atherothrombotic outcomes in high risk patients are merited.
Source: American Heart Journal - March 14, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Effects of Folic Acid Therapy on the New-Onset Proteinuria in Chinese Hypertensive PatientsNovelty and Significance Clinical Trials
In conclusion, enalapril–folic acid therapy, compared with enalapril alone, significantly reduced the development of proteinuria in diabetic patients with hypertension.Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00794885.
Source: Hypertension - July 12, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Youbao Li, Min Liang, Guobao Wang, Binyan Wang, Mingli He, Genfu Tang, Delu Yin, Xin Xu, Yong Huo, Yimin Cui, Fan Fan Hou, Xianhui Qin Tags: Clinical Studies, Diabetes, Type 1, Diet and Nutrition, Hypertension Original Articles Source Type: research

The modifying effect of the MTHFR genotype on the association between folic acid supplementation and pulse wave velocity: Findings from the CSPPT
ConclusionIn a subgroup of Chinese hypertensive patients who had received 5 ‐year antihypertensive therapy, increases in folate status were associated with higher reductions in PWV, and individuals with the CC genotype showed greatest PWV response to folic acid supplementation.
Source: Cardiovascular Therapeutics - November 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Xin Yang, Minghua Zhang, Rensheng Song, Changfu Liu, Yong Huo, Geng Qian Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Effect of the baseline pulse wave velocity on short term and long term blood pressure control in primary hypertension
Arterial stiffness may affect antihypertensive response to antihypertensive treatment. However, sufficient clinical evidence is lacking. This longitudinal study aimed to evaluate the effect of baseline arterial stiffness measured by the brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) on response to short-term and long-term enalapril-based treatment in 3310 hypertensive adults from the China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial (CSPPT).
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - February 23, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Y. Fan, W. Gao, J. Li, F. Fan, X. Qin, L. Liu, X. Cheng, X. Xu, X. Wang, B. Wang, Y. Huo Source Type: research

The modifying effect of the MTHFR genotype on the association between folic acid supplementation and pulse wave velocity: Findings from the CSPPT
ConclusionIn a subgroup of Chinese hypertensive patients who had received 5 ‐year antihypertensive therapy, increases in folate status were associated with higher reductions in PWV, and individuals with the CC genotype showed greatest PWV response to folic acid supplementation.
Source: Cardiovascular Therapeutics - January 28, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Xin Yang, Minghua Zhang, Rensheng Song, Changfu Liu, Yong Huo, Geng Qian Tags: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research