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Central blood pressure (BP) is associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events in haemodialysis patients, reveals a study. However, its prognostic value is not superior to ambulatory peripheral BP.

Patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) who are new users of apixaban are less likely to experience recurrent VTE and bleeding than new users of rivaroxaban, a study has shown.

Hypertension and proteinuria contribute to an increased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) as well as stroke, heart failure admission, and cardiovascular death in older adults, and such risk is greater when both conditions are present, according to a study.

Measuring blood pressure (BP) during rest, exercise, and recovery phases of exercise stress training (EST) can offer incremental prognostic information on the long-term risk for cardiovascular events and the probability for developing hypertension, suggests a recent study.