Search results for "Hypertension"
Why and how to monitor hypertension at home
Office-based blood pressure measurement has multiple limitations as a method of monitoring hypertension control, Dr. ... This limited picture is even more of a problem in treating patients who have masked or white coat hypertension.
March 2011
Shifting standards for hypertension
Taler, MD, FACP, a hypertension expert who is a professor of medicine and a physician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. ... However, Dr. Taler, the Mayo Clinic hypertension expert, said doctors shouldn't wait that long.
March 2016
For hypertension, how low to go?
JAMA author who directs the Penn Hypertension program at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. ... 2013 ESH/ESC Practice Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension. Blood Press.
April 2014
Digging into the causes and fixes of resistant hypertension
Only 3% or less are on chlorthalidone, the diuretic overwhelming preferred by experts in resistant hypertension. ... He's also studying central iliac arteriovenous anastomosis as a solution to resistant hypertension.
September 2016
Pearls help diagnose, manage drug-resistant hypertension
In a way, treating drug-resistant hypertension is easy. Double-check the diagnosis. ... White-coat hypertension confounds the diagnosis. Patients are rushed, and so are clinicians.
June 2014
Group visits bring focus and control to hypertension
Naik said. The MEDVAMC approach involved group visits every two weeks for six weeks for patients with uncontrolled hypertension. ... Naik said. The frequency and focus of the visits change the typical dynamic of hypertension care, according to Dr.
March 2011
MKSAP Quiz: Cause of hypertension
In addition, a family history of hypertension is common in patients with essential hypertension. ... Coarctation of the aorta should be suspected in a young patient presenting with systemic hypertension.
October 2011
White coat hypertension presents an elusive challenge
The stakes are particularly high when young patients have white coat hypertension, Dr. ... Short- and long-term incidence of stroke in white-coat hypertension. Hypertension. 2005;45:203-8.
October 2012
FDA approves generic hypertension drugs, looks at Stalevo
Recalls, warnings, approvals and other regulatory news.
June 2010
Letters to the Editor
line treatment for essential hypertension, do not have well-founded support in the summary literature. ... Because outcome data at this dose are lacking, [hydrochlorothiazide] is an inappropriate first-line drug for the treatment of hypertension.”.
April 2013