To ascertain current approaches of physicians to nutritional-hygienic management of hypertensive patients and their children, a survey was done among a random sample of Chicago-area generalists, internists, and cardiologists. Thirteen items related to advice for patients; two for their children. Of 713 physicians holding M.D. degrees in the sample, 573 (80%) responded. For hypertensive patients...

1. Hypertensive patients with normal renal function showed significantly higher plasma urinary noradrenaline than the normotensive controls, and the hypertensive patients with mild to moderate disturbance of renal function showed the same noradrenaline concentration as the controls. 2. Hypertensive patients with severe renal function disturbance showed significantly higher plasma noradrenaline ...

The aim of this study was to analyze hemodynamic changes in hypertensive and normotensive patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement in spinal and general anesthesia. Eighty patients who underwent total hip or knee replacement surgery in the period between July 2010 and February 2011 at Sveti Duh University Hospital were retrospectively evaluated. Seventeen patients underwent the operati...

OBJECTIVES We sought to compare left ventricular (LV) systolic stiffness and contractility in normal subjects, hypertensive patients without heart failure, and patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and to determine whether LV systolic stiffness or myocardial contractility is associated with the rate of mortality in patients with HFpEF. BACKGROUND Arterial load is...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is suggested that both hypertension and DM may synergistically affect left ventricular (LV) structure and function. To assess whether hypertensive patients with DM have more depressed LV function in terms of long axis and midwall function by use of tissue Doppler echocardiogram than do patients with hy...