Until the 1980’s the diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was assumed to be the most relevant hemodynamic parameter for prognosis of hypertensive patients. Elevated systolic pressure was considered as an inevitable consequence of aging and many physicians were reluctant to pay credence to the need for therapy of elevated systolic blood pressure. There was a radical change in thinking based on epidemi...

INTRODUCTION There continues to be uncertainty in the literature about which blood pressure (BP) recordings in which time period associate best with long-term patient outcomes and therefore optimal target ranges. METHODS Patients receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) on 31st December 2012 with a BP reading in either the fourth or third quarter of 2012 were included. Summary statistics wer...

Objectives: Hypertension or blood pressure is highly correlated with stroke. The explanatory factors or the determinants of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of some shock patients are examined in the current report. Background: Previous research reports have discussed a little about the determinants of the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of shock patients. There is not any detail...

PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and feasibility of off-label use of ferumoxytol as an intravenous MRI contrast agents in pediatric patients and young adults. MATERIALS AND METHODS With HIPAA compliance and IRB approval, 86 consecutive patients who had undergone 3 T or 1.5 T MRI with ferumoxytol were retrospectively identified. The blood pressure and heart rate of patients before and after feru...

In this retrospective analysis, data pooled from two Phase III/IV open-label Asian studies were used to quantify the additional blood pressure efficacy achieved when titrating amlodipine from 5 mg to 10 mg in mild/moderate hypertensive patients, and compared to data pooled from three Western studies. The primary efficacy end point was the change from baseline in sitting systolic blood pressure ...

BACKGROUND We examined the relationship between hypertension subtype and cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality in Chinese adults. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted a prospective cohort study in a nationally representative sample of 169 871 Chinese men and women aged >or=40 years. Data on systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and other variables were obtained at a baseline ...

The mechanisms responsible for regression of left ventricular (LV) mass with antihypertensive therapy in patients with severe hypertension remain unclear. This study was designed to examine whether systolic and diastolic blood pressures are associated with changes in LV mass. Eighteen patients with essential hypertension whose average seated diastolic blood pressure was >or = 110 mm Hg were enr...

OBJECTIVE Blood pressure variation throughout the day is known to have cardiovascular consequences. Left ventricular (LV) mass is more closely related to 24-hour blood pressure than casual blood pressure. Daytime blood pressure expectedly is higher than that of nighttime under normal circumstances. The effect of 24-hour blood pressure pattern on the left ventricular structure and function has n...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The preoperative or intraoperative administration of intravenous magnesium sulfate has been approved as an accepted medication for stabilizing hemodynamic indices during surgeries. PURPOSE Intraoperative blood loss during orthognathic surgery is frequently abundant and sometimes requires blood transfusion. The present trial addressed the efficacy of intravenous magnes...