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Kidney transplant recipients from living donors with hypertension are at significantly increased risk of renal allograft loss compared to those from normotensive living donors, reveals a study. Moreover, outcomes are similar to recipients of normotensive deceased donors.

Patients who are on long-term statin therapy may have a reduced risk of severe COVID-19–related outcomes including mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and requirement for mechanical ventilation, according to a study presented at Anesthesiology 2022.

Foetal growth deceleration and high foetoplacental vascular resistance both contribute to an increased risk of prehypertension and hypertension in children, a study has found.

The benefits of alcohol for cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes may have been overestimated by observational studies, according to a recent analysis.

Treatment with extended-release nifedipine helps reduce intrapartum acute hypertensive therapy among pre-eclampsia patients with severe features, as reported in a study.