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Blood pressure levels and risk of haemorrhagic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation and oral anticoagulants: results from The Swedish Primary Care Cardiovascular Database of Skaraborg
Conclusion: In this cohort of primary care patients with hypertension and atrial fibrillation, we found that baseline SBP in the 145–180 mmHg range, prior to initiation of OAC, was associated with a more than doubled risk of haemorrhagic stroke, as compared with an SBP of 130 mmHg. This suggests that lowering SBP to below 145 mmHg, prior to initiation of OAC, may decrease the risk of haemorrhagic stroke in patients with hypertension and atrial fibrillation.
Source: Journal of Hypertension - July 9, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: ORIGINAL PAPERS: Treatment Source Type: research

Country of birth and mortality risk in hypertension with and without diabetes: the Swedish primary care cardiovascular database
Conclusion: In Sweden, hypertensive immigrants (with the exception for Finnish-born) with and without diabetes have a mortality advantage, as compared to Swedish-born.
Source: Journal of Hypertension - May 14, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: ORIGINAL PAPERS: Blood pressure epidemiology Source Type: research

Long-term risk of stroke and myocardial infarction in middle-aged men with a hypertensive response to exercise: a 44-year follow-up study
Conclusion: Among middle-aged men with high resting and maximum blood pressure during maximum exercise workload, an increased risk of stroke was observed but not for MI. Further studies with larger sample sizes are needed to investigate the underlying mechanisms of the increased risk of stroke among individuals with hypertensive response to exercise.
Source: Journal of Hypertension - February 12, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: ORIGINAL PAPERS: Epidemiology of hypertension and associated risk factors Source Type: research