Hypertension (BP ≥130/80 mmHg per ACC/AHA 2017) is the most common cardiovascular risk factor, affecting ~50% of US adults.
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What is blood pressure?Blood pressure is the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Each time your heart beats, it pumps blood into the arteries. Your blood pressure is highest when your heart beats, pumping the blood. This is called systolic pressure. When your heart is at rest, between beats, your blood pressure falls. This is called diastolic pressure.Your blood pressure reading uses thes…
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High blood pressure (BP) or hypertension (HTN) affects over 100 million individuals in the US, increasing the risk of adverse outcomes, including stroke, myocardial infarction (MI), and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Effective therapies inc…
Hypertension is a major risk factor for a variety of cardiovascular diseases. When hypertension results from increased vascular resistance due to a narrowing of the descending aorta, it can be effectively treated with stenting. More recent…
The vast majority of the 36.2 million individuals admitted to U.S. hospitals are diagnosed with hypertension and experience an elevated blood pressure (BP) reading during hospitalization. There are no guidelines for managing asymptomatical…
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the mechanisms by which minocycline effect blood pressure in individuals with treatment-resistant hypertension. The main questions it aims to answer are: * To what extent does minocycline l…
This methodological study aims to develop and validate a questionnaire named for the Assessment of Patient Knowledge in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. The study will be conducted in four phases: (1) questionnaire development based on gui…
\--- Why Is This Study Being Done? Women who have preeclampsia during pregnancy face a much higher risk of heart disease later in life. Preeclampsia is a serious pregnancy condition that causes high blood pressure and damages blood vessels…
This is a multicenter, randomized, controlled, double-blind, and non-inferiority clinical trial to compare the efficacy of sequential to initial combination therapy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Ambrisentan and Ta…
This study is a prospective and exploratory clinical study, enrolling patients with essential hypertension. This study is planned to be conducted in 2 research institutions in China, and a total of 6 subjects are planned to be included. Af…
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