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Author(s): Zengwu Wang , Tom Richart , Yu Jin , et al Added: 3 years ago
Stroke is the second most common cause of mortality worldwide.1 Cerebrovascular disease caused an estimated 5.7 million deaths in 2005, with 87% occurring in low- or middle-income countries.2 Without intervention, the global number of stroke deaths will rise to 6.5 million in 2015 and 7.8 million in 2030.2 Blood pressure is the most consistent and powerful predictor of stroke. Hypertension… View more
Author(s): Massimo Volpe , Giuliano Tocci , Francesca Giovannelli Added: 3 years ago
Cerebrovascular accidents are one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) found that in 1990 stroke accounted for 4.3 million mortalities, the third most common cause of death worldwide. Projecting forward to 2020, the incidence of stroke-related death is expected to rise to 7.7 million per year. High blood pressure is one of the most… View more
Author(s): Giuliano Tocci , Lorenzo Castello , Massimo Volpe Added: 3 years ago
The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) has a key role in the maintenance of cardiovascular (CV) homeostasis, and water and electrolyte metabolism in healthy subjects.1 By contrast, the excess of angiotensin II in several diseases represents a pathophysiological mechanism that can promote or even accelerate atherosclerotic processes, cardiac and vascular hypertrophy, and kidney disease.1 In particular… View more
Author(s): Peter M Nilsson Added: 3 years ago
Some cardiovascular (CV) risk-prone patients are easy to recognise, for example following manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) interventions, and they deserve appropriate risk-factor control for secondary prevention, including blood pressure (BP) lowering. However, many other at-risk patients… View more
Author(s): Peter M Nilsson Added: 3 years ago
Some cardiovascular (CV) risk-prone patients are easy to recognise, for example following manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) interventions, and they deserve appropriate risk-factor control for secondary prevention, including blood pressure (BP) lowering. However, many other at-risk patients… View more