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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510004
Kyuzi Kamoi
Article Type: Original Article | First Published: November 05, 2015
It was demonstrated that home blood pressure (HBP) has a stronger predictive power for death, micro- and macrovascular complications than clinic blood pressure (CBP) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study investigated which of these measurements offers predicatively stronger power for outcomes over 10 years in non-obese and obese patients with T2DM....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510003
Krause N and Arias OE
Article Type: Research Article | First Published: September 07, 2015
Objective: To identify disparities in hypertension prevalence, treatment and control among female hotel room cleaners (HRC) compared to the U.S. population that may persist beyond health insurance coverage. Methods: A community-based participatory research project obtained resting blood pressure readings and information on antihypertensive medication from 866 Las Vegas HRCs....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510002
Ming Fan, Mahmoud M. El-Mas, and Abdel A. Abdel-Rahman
Article Type: Original Research Article | First Published: August 29, 2015
Chronic LV pressure overload, e.g. in hypertension, leads to cardiac hypertrophy and ultimately heart failure. However, it is not clear if cardiac performance is compromised during early stages of LV hypertrophy before the development of heart failure. Studies in animals with LV hypertrophy revealed conflicting results due to differences in the magnitude, duration, and method of induction of cardiac hypertrophy as well as in the ventricular chamber involved....
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Open Access DOI:10.23937/2474-3690/1510001
Wilbert S. Aronow
Article Type: Review Article | First Published: July 18, 2015
Patients with coronary artery disease should have their modifiable coronary risk factors intensively treated. Dietary sodium should be reduced. Hypertension should be treated with beta blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers. Long-acting nitrates are effective antianginal and antiischemic drugs. Calcium channel blockers may be added if angina persists despite beta blockers and long-acting nitrates....
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