The aim of our study was to evaluate significance of noninvasive echocardiographic marker of slow sinus impulse propagation (atrial conduction time) for the identification of persons with slightly elevated blood pressure and hypertension in adults. Methods. One hundred and forty nine adu...
Health care professionals should consider prescribing medication for patients with slightly elevated blood pressure if levels do not decrease after six months of healthy lifestyle changes, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association. The statement, published today in the A...
"Many people in their 40s and 50s have a bit of fat around the middle and marginally elevated blood pressure, cholesterol or glucose but feel generally well, are unaware of the risks and do not seekmedical advice," said study author Dr. Lena Lönnberg of Västmanland County Hospital, V...
Here, we describe the case of a 33-year-old man patient with resistant hypertension (mean blood pressure above 180/120mmHg after administration six different classes of antihypertensive agents) and slightly elevated cortisol and aldosterone but no hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis and Cushing syndrome....
What is the anatomical reason for the left bronchus being more elevated than the right bronchus? when children breathe in foreign materials, why is the object most often found in the right bronchus? Why do cigarette smokers cough more than most people do? a. The tar in cigarett...
Treating Prehypertension Lowers Stroke Risk: Study; Antihypertensive drugs even help those with slightly elevated blood pressure.Gordon, Serena