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Author(s):
Alexandre Persu
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Fadl Elmula M Fadl Elmula
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Yu Jin
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et al
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3 years ago
Renal sympathetic denervation (RDN) has been introduced as a novel approach to treat patients with so-called resistant hypertension.1–3 The first randomised clinical trial showed an impressive 32/12 mmHg fall in blood pressure after six months in the intervention group (n=52) compared to the control group (n=54). However, with the recent publication of the Symplicity HTN-3 study in the US4 the…
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Author(s):
Veli-Pekka Harjola
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3 years ago
Heart failure (HF) is a clinical syndrome characterised by inadequate systemic perfusion to meet the body's metabolic demands as a result of impaired cardiac pump function. It is one of the leading cardiovascular health problems in Europe, and its incidence, particularly in the elderly, continues to increase despite an intensive effort to increase education and delivery of healthcare to affected…
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Author(s):
Isla S Mackenzie
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Thomas M MacDonald
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3 years ago
Hypertension becomes more common with increasing age. As we gradually move towards having a higher proportion of elderly people in the population, greater numbers of octogenarians are being treated for hypertension. In this article we describe the main features of hypertension in the elderly and describe some of the particular issues that affect elderly patients. We also discuss the results of…
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Author(s):
Costas P Tsioufis
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Alexandros Kasiakogias
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Dimitris Tousoulis
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3 years ago
Recent guidelines have defined resistant hypertension (RHT) as blood pressure (BP) that does not fall below 140/90 mmHg, despite a therapeutic strategy that includes appropriate lifestyle measures, plus a diuretic and two other antihypertensive drugs belonging to different classes at adequate doses.1 The definition of RHT has been quite arbitrary, a fact reflected on various definitions of ideal…
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Author(s):
Thomas Kahan
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3 years ago
High blood pressure is the major risk factor for disease and premature death worldwide.1 The associations between blood pressure and fatal coronary artery disease and fatal stroke have been well demonstrated.2 Also, associations between blood pressure and morbidity and mortality on specific cardiovascular disease conditions in different age groups, and results concerning the lifetime risk for…
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Author(s):
Željko Reiner
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Neil Davidson
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Julian Hobbs
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3 years ago
The right and left atria are two complex cardiac chambers with the role of collecting venous blood from the body and the lungs, respectively, before contracting to augment the passive filling of the ventricles. This contraction is initiated and co-ordinated by the electrical conduction system of the heart. An important abnormality of heart rhythm is atrial fibrillation (AF), affecting 1–2% of the…
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Drug–Device Interactions
Author(s):
Etienne Aliot
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Josep Brugada
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3 years ago
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Author(s):
Tobias Reichlin
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7 months ago
ESC 2023 — Dr Tobias Reichlin (Inselspital, University of Bern, CH) joins us on-site at ESC 2023 to discuss the findings of the COMPARE-CRYO Trial (NCT04704986).
The COMPARE-CRYO trial (Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern) aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of the PolarX Cryoballoon (Boston Scientific) with the Arctic Front Cryoballoon (Medtronic) in patients with symptomatic…
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Author(s):
Stefano Taddei
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Rosa Maria Bruno
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3 years ago
The concept of resistant hypertension (RH) has received great attention in the past years, mainly as a possible target population for innovative therapeutic strategies. An increasing number of original articles and commentaries have focused on the clinical significance, prognosis and treatment of this condition. Thus it is not surprising than even its definition is still a matter of debate,…
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