Tag Archives: blood pressure
October 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:217
Correspondence
Drs Ewan J McKay, Tina Tian, Nick Gerning, Chris Sawh, Pankaj Garg, John Purvis, Sinead Hughes and Mark Noble
When the dentist said: “Be still your beating heart!” Dear Sirs, We all often encounter a patient history and apparent presenting complaint that we can not precisely and cleverly explain. Our patient, Mr BW, a fit and active 53-year-old man, attended a routine appointment as an outpatient. He had done this many times previously as he was experiencing difficuties with heart rate control and troubling symptoms secondary to atrial fibrillation (AF). Coincidentally, he had also had amalgam dental fillings drilled some 18 months previously. Since then, his cardiac problems had escalated. There appeared no clear causality between the fillings a
February 2011 Br J Cardiol 2011;18:11-3
News from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2010
Highlights of the American Heart Association 2010 meeting held in November 2010, in Chicago, USA, included a breakthrough for the treatment of resistant hypertension, and another oral anticoagulant that could be used instead of warfarin in atrial fibrillation patients, without the need for monitoring. RAFT: CRT reduces deaths and hospitalisations in mild heart failure Adding cardiac-resynchronisation therapy (CRT) to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and medication, led to a reduction in deaths and heart failure hospitalistions among patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms of heart failure in the RAFT (Resynchronisation-Defibrilla
May 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:111-5
News from the 59th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology
BJ Cardio Staff
ACCORD/INVEST: do not aim for normal blood pressure in diabetes patients with CAD The results of two trials comparing intensive versus more conventional blood pressure lowering in patients with diabetes at high cardiovascular risk have suggested that intensive treatment is not necessary and may be harmful in this population. In the ACCORD BP (Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes – Blood Pressure) trial, while intensive blood pressure treatment did reduce the risk of stroke, it failed to reduce the overall risk of cardiovascular events in patients and was associated with an increase in adverse events due to antihypertensive ther
March 2010 Br J Cardiol 2010;17:81-5
10 Steps before you refer for Chronic Kidney disease
Kathryn E Griffith, Philip A Kalra
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September 2006 Br J Cardiol 2006;13:332-37
Lifestyle management of blood pressure
BJCardio editorial team
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July 2006 Br J Cardiol 2006;13:233-7
Hypertension guidelines in the UK: a time for change
Bryan Williams
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September 2005 Br J Cardiol 2005;12:387-91
COX-2 inhibitors and the cardiovascular system: is there a class effect?
Mohamed Bakr, Derek G Waller
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March 2005 Br J Cardiol 2005;12:156-60
The definition of maximally tolerated blood pressure treatment
Terry McCormack, Mark Davis
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July 2004 Br J Cardiol 2004;11:292-9
Hypercholesterolaemia and its potential role in the presentation and exacerbation of hypertension
Andrei C Sposito, Jose Augusto S Barreto-Filho
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July 2003 Br J Cardiol 2003;10:310-4
The need for 24-hour blood pressure control
Mike Mead
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