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1-year isometric exercise training improves BP management
Isometric exercise training (IET) appears to be a good long-term intervention in managing resting blood pressure (BP), reports a recent study. IET delivers clinically important, chronic BP adaptations in patients at risk of hypertension.
1-year isometric exercise training improves BP management
01 Dec 2022Chinese herbal med cuts MACCE in STEMI, but questions remain
Tongxinluo, added to guideline-directed therapy, improves outcomes in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the large, multicentre CTS-AMI* study. But experts are clamouring for more evidence of efficacy.
Chinese herbal med cuts MACCE in STEMI, but questions remain
01 Dec 2022Intensive antihypertensive therapy vital in kids with arterial hypertension after CoA repair
Close blood pressure (BP) monitoring and more intensive and combined antihypertensive therapy are needed when there is a high prevalence of uncontrolled arterial hypertension (AH) despite the successful coarctation of the aorta (CoA) correction and use of relatively low doses of antihypertensive drugs, suggests a recent study.
Intensive antihypertensive therapy vital in kids with arterial hypertension after CoA repair
30 Nov 2022Nonoptimal serum calcium levels worsen mortality in heart attacks
Serum calcium levels that are either too high or too low appear to aggravate the risk of in-hospital mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), reports a recent study.
Nonoptimal serum calcium levels worsen mortality in heart attacks
29 Nov 2022Bulevirtide safe, effective in HDV-induced cirrhosis with hypertension
A recent study has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of bulevirtide (BLV) monotherapy for 48 weeks in difficult-to-treat patients with hepatitis delta virus (HDV)-related compensated cirrhosis and clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH).