Evidence based management of hypertension: Using cardiovascular risk profiles to individualise hypertensive treatment

Evidence based management of hypertension. Cardiovascular risk factors and their effects on the decision to treat hypertension: evidence based review.

Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Evidence-based Management of Cholesterol

An elevated level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol is directly associated with development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which may present as coronary heart disease, stroke, and peripheral arterial disease. The new cholesterol management guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association aim to address a comprehensive approach to prevent and...

Cardiovascular risk management after a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.

A wareness of cardiovascular disease in women is increasing and is currently a main topic of the heart associations and foundations worldwide. Although several guidelines underscore sex differences in clinical presentation, treatment, and prognosis, almost no attention is given to a unique risk marker in women: the obstetric history. Large epidemiological studies have confirmed the association ...

Endothelial damage and angiogenesis in hypertensive patients: relationship to cardiovascular risk factors and risk factor management.

BACKGROUND Hypertensive patients are at particular risk of cardiovascular complications, possibly related to endothelial damage or dysfunction, or to abnormal angiogenesis. These pathophysiologic processes are assessable by measurement of plasma levels of von Willebrand factor (vWf), and by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its soluble receptor (sFlt-1). We hypothesized that these m...

Management of Hypertension Based on Temperament Concept in Persian Medicine

Hypertension can be classified into HOT and COLD in Persian medicine. In HOT hypertension, cardiac output is increased which causes an increase in heart rate or stoke volume; therefore, treated with bloodletting (cold temperament), food such as barley is recommended. In COLD hypertension, blood viscosity or arterial sympathetic tone is increased which is usually associated with mental stress wh...