visit-to-visit variability (vvv) in blood pressure (bp) creates challenges to hypertension control and was independent associated with increased all-cause mortality in hypertensive patients. the major goal of the present study was to investigate the association of vvv in systolic (s)bp with progression of carotid atherosclerosis and en-dothelial dysfunction in on-treated hypertensive patients.o...

errors in blood pressure (bp) measurement are common in the clinical practice. inaccurate measurements of bp may lead to misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment of hypertension. the preferred method of bp measurement in the clinical setting is a scultation, using the first and the fi fth korotkoff sounds. however, the use of mercury sphygmomanometer is declining. automated oscillometric device...

abstract background: normal standard references of blood pressure (bp) for children and adolescents should be constructed according to anthropometric indices. therefore , we aimed to produce bp reference percentiles by body mass index (bmi). methods: data on demographic characteristics, anthropometric indices and bp values of 16246 3-18-year-old children and adolescents from 3 cross-sectional s...

background: one of the main problems especially in operating room and monitoring devices is measurement of blood pressure (bp) by sphygmomanometer cuff. objective: in this study we designed a new method to measure bp changes continuously for detecting information between cuff inflation times by using vital signals in monitoring devices. this will be achieved by extraction of the time difference...

hypertension, defined as a systolic/diastolic blood pressure of 140/90 mmhg or greater, is estimated to carry a three-fold increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases (cvds). evidence from genome-wide association studies has identified an association between blood pressure and the gene encoding the folate-metabolising enzyme, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (mthfr). recent meta-ana...

conclusions treating obesity, increasing physical activity and quality of married life are proposed as practical solutions to reduce bp. background hypertension is considered as a major public health problem in most countries due to its association with ischemic heart disease which causes cerebrovascular disease and death. objectives the purpose of the present study was to study factors affecti...

background and aims: obesity and overweight is a major public health problem and, alongside hypertension, is one of the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases incidence. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and its association with hypertension in the patients referred the healthcare center in jandaq. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 patie...

Tolerance to +G(z) stress is reduced by preceding exposure to -G(z) (push-pull effect). The mechanism(s) responsible for this effect are not fully understood, although the arterial baroreceptor reflexes have been implicated. We investigated the integrative response of the autonomic nervous system by studying responses to gravitational stress before and after autonomic function was inhibited by ...

Zucker rats are a useful model in which to define the mechanisms that link obesity to diabetes and associated cardiovascular disease. The present study tests the hypothesis that diabetic obese (compared with nondiabetic lean) Zucker rats are hypertensive and display a further increase in arterial pressure when fed a high salt diet. Male, nondiabetic lean and diabetic obese Zucker rats were chro...

The increasingly frequent use of the ganglionic blocking agents in the treatment of hypertensive states makes it essential that all toxic effects be reported so that the dangers may be given due consideration. This case of paralytic ileus in a premature baby after the mother had been treated during pregnancy with hexamethonium bromide is therefore reported. To the best of our knowledge only thr...