High blood pressure, also known ashypertension, can be a factor incoronary artery disease (CAD),heart failure, andstroke. But what is hypertension (otherwise known as high blood pressure)? Well, blood pressure is just the force of blood against the inside walls of the arteries. Hypertension i...
The risk of cardiovascular events in Japanese hypertensive patients with hypercholesterolemia: sub-analysis of the Japan Lipid Intervention Trial (J-LIT) S... Coronary events and stroke are leading causes of death in Japan. However, the effects of hypertension on the risk of coronary events and ...
Hypertension, a.k.a. high blood pressure (HBP), stresses your arteries, causing them to harden and thicken, which makes it more difficult for blood to flow through them. The stress from HBP can also damage the lining of your arteries, and that damage may attract plaque buildups. Being Ma...
Alcohol intake status (never, former, or current drinker) was determined based on interviews conducted by trained researchers and a review of the medical records. Vascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, coronary heart disease, transient ischemic attack, and stroke) were ...
Insulin resistance (IR) is the key precursor of a cluster of cardiometabolic abnormalities, including diabetes mellitus (DM), lipid disorders, arterial hypertension, and obesity, which in turn, play a joint role in the development of atherosclerotic CAD and may impact the outcome [8,9,10]. ...
The data regarding spondyloarthropaties, including AS are limited, although CV mortality and morbidity increase is evident23. It is not clear however, if increased CV risk is caused by inflammatory disease activity or is secondary to traditional risk factors, such as dyslipidemia24 or hypertension6...
What Causes Heart Attacks—and How to Prevent Them Mild Heart Attack Symptoms: What Do They Mean? Heart Attack Symptoms in Women Heart Attack Symptoms in Men What Is Hypertension? Originally published in 2016, this post is regularly updated....
You can control some of the risk factors by making lifestyle changes to improve your heart health such as exercising regularly, eating a healthy diet and not smoking. Other risk factors include: Advertisement High blood pressure (hypertension): Having high blood pressure puts extra strain on your...
high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes, lack of regular exercise, high-fat diet, emotional stress, and type A personality (impatient, aggressive, competitive). What Are the Types of Heart Disease? There are many types of heart disease, which include: angina, arrhythmia, congenital heart di...
hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD), chronic renal disease, and type 2 diabetes (T2D) later in life12. We have therefore explored our data using polygenic score analysis of the correlation between preeclampsia and variants associated with related phenotypes, including high BP, T2D, CAD, ...