Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window CHICAGO -- Certain factors may predict whether patients with ...

Each term has become more defined and the differences between them have become more evident. In the past, the terms resistant hypertension and refractory hypertension were both used to describe ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Resistant and refractory hypertension represent distinct disease states requiring different treatments. A ...

We report a case of pseudocoarctation of the aorta caused by an intraluminal calcific mass. A 49-year-old woman who smoked and had had hypertension for eight years was evaluated for an intramural ...

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a vasculopathy affecting the medium and large arteries. Occurring primarily in young or middle-age women, it most commonly affects the renal arteries, where it ranges ...

WASHINGTON, DC – According to a new small-to-modest sized but sham-controlled study, renal sympathetic denervation (RSD) used to treat mild refractory hypertension was associated with reductions in ...

This was a prospective study of hypertensive individuals evaluated at a single out-patient clinic in Padua, Italy. Inclusion criteria included age >18 years and blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg. Patients ...

The local Institutional Ethical Committee approved the study protocol. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Thirty-nine consecutive subjects with RHT were studied. According to ...

Fort Lee, NJ -- June 30, 2003 Hard-to-control refractory hypertensives witnessed a significant blood pressure reduction when using a new non-drug treatment device, Resperate®, according to a study ...

Development of new portable technologies for measurement and recording of BP during ordinary activities has been achieved over the past 30 years. These technologies have been used in prospective ...

IT has been reported that severe arterial hypertension can be treated effectively and safely with diazoxide given in a series of intravenous injections. 1, 2 During such treatment we have observed the ...