Response to Gender and Blood Pressure Control

Gender and blood pressure control.

Gender and the response to blood pressure-lowering treatment.

Hypertension is a global public health problem, making it one of the leading causes of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The management of hypertension can broadly be divided into the appropriate identification and cardiovascular risk stratification and, secondly, a holistic therapeutic strategy. Given the marked benefits of treating hypertension on complications such as stroke and myocar...

Sex and gender differences in control of blood pressure.

In recent years, the interest in studying the impact of sex steroids and gender on the regulation of blood pressure and cardiovascular disease has been growing. Women are protected from most cardiovascular events compared with men until after menopause, and postmenopausal women are at increased risk of cardiovascular complications compared with premenopausal women. The pathophysiological mechan...

National project of blood pressure control: Do's and don't's

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Blood pressure response to hemodialysis.

Blood pressure response to hemodialysis was investigated in 15 patients with end-stage kidney disease; mean arterial pressure was unchanged in five (Group 1) and reduced 10 mm Hg in 10 (Group 2). The two groups did not differ significantly with regard to either biochemical values or hemodynamic indices before dialysis, and both sustained comparable reduction in body weight, total blood volume, ...