INTRODUCTION Hypertensive retinopathy describes a spectrum of retinal changes in patients with elevated blood pressure (BP). It is unknown why some patients are more likely to develop acute ocular end-organ damage than others with similar BP. We examined risk factors for grade III/IV hypertensive retinopathy among patients with hypertensive urgency in the emergency department (ED) and compared ...

Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure (BP) among hypertensive patients is a significant for the management and prevention hypertension related complications such as atherosclerosis, Heart Failure (HF), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), stroke, kidney disease, peripheral arterial disease.

Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure (BP) among hypertensive patients is a significant for the management and prevention hypertension related complications such as atherosclerosis, Heart Failure (HF), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), stroke, kidney disease, peripheral arterial disease.

Self-monitoring of Blood Pressure (BP) among hypertensive patients is a significant for the management and prevention hypertension related complications such as atherosclerosis, Heart Failure (HF), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), stroke, kidney disease, peripheral arterial disease.

Background: The incidence of hypertension is continuously increasing. This study aimed to investigate the changes in clinical biochemical indexes patients with heart failure preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), or hypertensive disease (HHD) before and after treadmill exercise.

We have examined the safety of induced hypotension produced by extradural anaesthesia in patients with medically controlled hypertension. The haemodynamic response to induced hypotension was assessed in 38 non-hypertensive and 31 controlled hypertensive patients. All received extradural anaesthesia to T4 or above which decreased mean arterial pressure to 52 mm Hg and 55 mm Hg in normotensive an...

BACKGROUND Use of endoscopic therapies for esophageal varices has resulted in increased prevalence of fundal varices and severe portal hypertensive gastropathy. This study was meant to compare the effect of band ligation and sclerotherapy on development of fundal varices and portal hypertensive gastropathy. METHODS Patients with esophageal varices presenting in the endoscopy unit of Shiakh Za...

BACKGROUND An association between midlife blood pressure levels and late-life cognitive impairment has been reported. Hypertension is one of the most important factors related to the presence of cerebral white matter lesions, which is a prognostic factor for the development of cognitive impairment. Studies have shown a relationship between white matter lesions and cognitive decline in elderly h...

BACKGROUND Endothelial dysfunction of coronary arteries with impaired vasodilation has been reported in patients with arterial hypertension. However, the effect of dynamic exercise on coronary vasomotion of a stenotic vessel segment before and after PTCA has not yet been evaluated in these patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Coronary vasomotion of a normal and a stenotic vessel segment was studied ...