Alfred A. Bove

TL;DR: Self-monitoring alone is not associated with lower BP or better control, but in conjunction with co-interventions leads to clinically significant BP reduction which persists for at least 12 months.

TL;DR: Tucker et al. as discussed by the authors performed an individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis to better understand the effectiveness of BP self-monitoring to lower BP and control hypertension, and found that selfmonitoring alone is not associated with lower BP or better control, but in conjunction with co-interventions (including systematic medication titration by doctors, pharmacists, or patients; education; or lifestyle counselling) leads to clinically significant BP reduction which persists for at least 12 months.

TL;DR: A treatment plan that targets each of the suggested clinical complications is provided and a possible etiology that implicates overstimulation of endogenous nitric oxide is provided.

TL;DR: Examination of ventricular performance and the relationship of compensatory mechanisms to symptoms in 11 patients with severe aortic stenosis and congestive heart failure symptoms, and in 12 normal subjects found Peak systolic left ventricular wall stress, ejection fraction, resting cardiac index, and the ratio of Ventricular mass to volume were not statistically different from normal in either group.

TL;DR: A randomized trial with outcomes such as mortality and postthrombotic syndrome is needed to definitively address this comparative effectiveness of catheter-directed thrombolysis in the treatment of acute proximal deep vein thrombosis.