Chronic kidney disease: Definition, updated epidemiology, staging, and mechanisms of increased cardiovascular risk.
Published in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
The feasibility of polypill for cardiovascular disease prevention in Asian Population.
...Published in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
Polypill is a fixed-dose combination of medications with proven benefits for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Its role in CVD prevention has been extensively debated since the inception of this concept in 2003. There are two major kinds of polypills in clinical studies. The first is polypill that combines multiple low-dose medication...
Variations in blood pressure control by medical comorbidities prior to sudden death
Published in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
Patients with hypertension have increased risk of sudden death, but the impact of blood pressure control in sudden death is not clear. To better understand potential opportunities to prevent sudden, we assessed blood pressure control, comorbidities, and the number of recent medical encounters among all-cause sudden death victims. Less than 40% of s...
Thyroid hormones regulate both cardiovascular and renal mechanisms underlying hypertension
Published in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
Age-related changes in blood pressure and heart rates of patients with Parkinson's disease.
...Published in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
This study evaluated yearly changes in systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and heart rates (HR) for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Data were collected for the last 10 years from medical records of 28 PD patients and 30 non-PD patients with other neurological disorders. Age-related changes in each group were analy...
Is systolic blood pressure decrease with age in patients with Parkinson's disease?
Published in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
The ankle-brachial index and risk of incident stroke in Chinese hypertensive population without atrial fibrillation: A c...
Published in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
We aimed to evaluate the relation of the ankle-brachial index (ABI) with the prevalence of stroke and to examine any possible effect modifiers among hypertensive patients without atrial fibrillation. A total of 10 750 subjects with hypertension aged 27-96 years were included in the current study. The outcome was a stroke. Odds ratios of stroke conc...
Evaluation of cerebral autoregulation performance in patients with arterial hypertension on drug treatment.
...Published in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
Cerebral autoregulation (AR) keeps cerebral blood flow constant despite fluctuations in systemic arterial pressure. The final common AR pathway is made up of vasomotor adjustments of cerebrovascular resistance mediated by arterioles. Structural and functional changes in the arteriolar wall arise with age and systemic arterial hypertension. This stu...
Age and physiologic considerations for the associations among height components, blood pressure, and pulse wave velocity...
Published in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
Antihypertensive agent utilization patterns among patients with uncontrolled hypertension in the United States.
Published in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)
Hypertension affects approximately one-third of the US adults. This study investigated antihypertensive utilization patterns among hypertensive patients who were prescribed treatment, yet still experienced uncontrolled hypertension. Data from the Decision Resources Group Real World Evidence Data Repository US database (2015-2016) were used to const...
