Hypertension

Rapidly rising obesity rates in the US threaten to reverse decades of effort against cardiometabolic disease. How well do you know what experts recommend for your at-risk patients?

In episode 3 of Primary Viewpoints, Brigham and Women's hypertension expert Naomi Deirdre Fisher, MD, discusses the challenges of hypertension management in primary care.

Office blood pressure measurement technique is relatively simple yet widely prone to error. Check your office procedure against guideline recommendations.

COVID-19 has been a boon for 1 chronic disease: hypertension. Brigham and Women's hypertension expert Dr Naomi Fisher says home BP monitoring programs are expanding, at last.

New research presented at AHA Hypertension 2020 suggest uncontrolled hypertension is becoming more common among US adults.

AHA Hypertension 2020: New research suggests using automated office blood pressure monitoring is not the ideal way to determine a hypertension diagnosis.

AHA Hypertension 2020: Primary care practitioners rely on officed-based BP measures and outdated cut points to diagnose new hypertension.

A new research article found moderate and heavy alcohol intake were associated with hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes.

"Beyond hypertension, higher BPV is a major clinical predictor of cognitive impairment and dementia," conclude authors of a new study.

A new study found adults with high blood pressure were about half as likely to have serious cardiovascular events after receiving telemonitoring vs those receiving primary care.

Hypertension is the modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factor responsible for the greatest mortality. Test what you know about management.

Patients with hypertension are complex and pose a real challenge to primary care. Brigham and Women's cardiologist Dr Naomi Fisher offers history and highlights.

VIDEO: Obesity is a chronic, relapsing disease that threatens to neutralize, even reverse, years of progress in reducing CVD-related death. Ted Kyle, RPh, explores.

Home blood pressure monitoring, performed accurately, is the key to data that will guide optimal hypertension treatment. Dr Naomi Fisher talks with Patient Care.

The physiology of obesity makes weight loss, by itself, unlikely to successfully treat the chronic disease of obesity. What does this mean for primary care clinical strategies?

Get a snapshot of the diabetes data most important to primary care from the National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2020.

Study: Nearly 90% of inpatients with COVID-19 on mechanical ventilation died; obesity, diabetes, hypertension common among the 5700 patients.

Two first-in-class migraine drugs, the first generic version of NuvaRing®, and 7 more fourth quarter FDA-approved drugs for primary care.

When CKD 4-5 progresses to ESRD, how should hypertension management be changed? Or, should it?

Intensive control of blood pressure may extend survival by 4% to 9%, according to analysis of SPRINT data that will be presented at the AHA 2019 Scientific Sessions next week.

Both systolic and diastolic blood pressure elevations independently predict MI amd ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, according to a large, cohort study.

Recent research suggests that white coat hypertension is more dangerous than previously thought, but education and lifestyle interventions may help. 

A recent study suggests blood pressure patterns later in life may be linked to dementia risk. Which patient cohort is at an increased risk?

Under what circumstance/s is it appropriate to initiate treatment for hypertension with a single drug (followed by titration, additional agents)?

A look back at a decade of advances in management of peripheral vascular disease prompted this short summary of big changes.