background : to assess the epidemiological characteristics of hypertensive patients in urban population of yazd, a cen­tral city in iran. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted from 2005-2006 and carried out on population aging 20-74 years. it is a part of the phase i of yazd healthy heart program that it is a community interventional study for prevention of car­diovascular disease. ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Systemic hypertension (HTN) is a common medical condition affecting over 1 billion people worldwide. One to two percent of patients with HTN develop acute elevations of blood pressure (hypertensive crises) that require medical treatment. However, only patients with true hypertensive emergencies require the immediate and controlled reduction of blood pressure with an intravenou...

OBJECTIVE A systematic review was conducted to identify any additional risks of adverse cardiovascular outcomes to hypertensive individuals represented by use of epinephrine-containing anesthetic solutions and epinephrine-impregnated retraction cords. STUDY DESIGN Two searches identified 373 local anesthetic and 33 retraction cord reports; 6 local anesthetic reports met inclusion criteria. ...

Hypertension and hyperlipidemia are common and powerful risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Although they may coexist in the same individual by chance, the syndrome of insulin resistance is the common mechanism in many individuals, in whom there is a specific lipoprotein profile of small, dense, low-density lipoprotein particles, reduced plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, ...

The present study aims to examine the genetic variation of ATP1B1 gene concerning hypertension and chronic kidney disease CKD. (120 ) blood samples from participants were obtained divided into three groups: a first group representing hypertensive patients (hyper), second Hypertensive CKD (hyper with CKD), third control group. DNA was extracted all then converted cDNA ARMS-PCR technique used inv...

To assess the role of hypertension in asymptomatic cerebral lacunae, we evaluated cranial computed tomography in 76 untreated hypertensive patients, 173 hypertensive patients treated with antihypertensive drugs, and 69 age-matched normotensive control subjects who were more than 60 years of age and without a history of stroke. Cerebral lacunae were diagnosed by computed tomography as a hypodens...

the purpose of this research was to formulate and systemically evaluate in-vitro and in-vivo performances of mucoadhesive propranolol hydrochloride microspheres for its potential use in the treatment of hypertension, myocardial infraction and cardiac arrhythmias. propranolol hydrochloride mucoadhesive microspheres, containing carbopol-934p as mucoadhesive polymer and ethyl cellulose as carrier ...

BACKGROUND Hypertensive crisis in children is a relatively rare condition presenting with elevated blood pressure (BP) and related symptoms, and it is potentially life-threatening. The aim of this study was to survey children with first attacks of hypertensive crisis arriving at the emergency department (ED), and to determine the related parameters that predicted the severity of hypertensive cr...