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A new prospective study provides a snapshot of contemporary hypertension management in Greece, finding that doctors are aggressive in treating high BP, beginning almost half of all new patients on combination pharmacotherapy. However, physician inertia appears to set in during follow-up visits, and action must be taken to tackle this, say the researchers.
A new meta-analysis has found that intensive blood-pressure lowering in diabetics provides clear protection against stroke and no increase in MI, a reassuring finding.
Significant differences in blood-pressure readings between arms in hypertensive patients are surprisingly common and can indicate a patient is at increased risk of vascular disease and death, a new meta-analysis shows.
Whether plasma renin predicts cardiovascular outcomes in hypertensive patients is still the subject of debate following conflicting new data from two studies.
A new analysis of ASCOT has shown that BNP is strongly associated with risk of cardiovascular events in this hypertensive population of patients with no history of prior CVD.
An intriguing new hypothesis has emerged from researchers in the Netherlands: people with naturally high levels of creatinine kinase—which includes 50% of blacks and 25% of whites—who are already known to have a higher risk of hypertension than those with low CK levels, appear to have attenuated platelet aggregation and therefore could be at greater risk of bleeding when taking anticoagulants.
Recent data from a cross-sectional study show that patients with hypertension who also suffer from migraine are much more likely to have had a cardiovascular event, particularly a stroke or TIA, than those with high BP alone. These results add to an accumulating body of evidence that indicates migraine could one day be considered a risk factor for stroke, says one expert. He acknowledges, however, that further research is still needed.
UPDATED WITH COMMENTARY // Patients with a history of vascular events have a higher likelihood of developing atrial fibrillation than those in the general population, a new post hoc analysis of the ONTARGET/TRANSCEND studies shows. And those with this history who do develop AF are at higher risk of severe complications than similar patients who remain in sinus rhythm, the data illustrate.
