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Athletes with systemic hypertension

Robert Fagard
- 01 Aug 2007 - 
- Vol. 25, Iss: 3, pp 441-448
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The overall risk of the hypertensive patient depends not only on blood pressure but also on the presence of other cardiovascular risk factors, target organ damage, and associated clinical conditions.
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This article is published in Cardiology Clinics.The article was published on 2007-08-01. It has received 24 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mass screening & Blood pressure.

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Isolated Ambulatory Hypertension Predicts Cardiovascular Morbidity in Elderly Men

TL;DR: The prognostic significance of isolated ambulatory hypertension for cardiovascular morbidity in a population of elderly men and sustained hypertension and echocardiographically determined left ventricular relative wall thickness is investigated.

European Society of Hypertension Scientific Newsletter: Update on Hypertension Management

TL;DR: In this article, the authors pointed out that sexual dysfunction represents a common condition in the general population placing a major burden on patients' and their sexual partners' quality of life, and that physicians skilled in hypertension management often feel unqualified to deal with sexual problems since adequate training regarding sexuality has not been offered in under- or in postgraduate training.
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Rational use of antihypertensive medications in children

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present guidelines for the appropriate use of antihypertensive medications in the pediatric population, including the rational approach to selecting an appropriate medication with respect to pathophysiology, putative benefit, and likelihood for side effects.
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2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Giuseppe Mancia, +89 more
TL;DR: In this article, a randomized controlled trial of Aliskiren in the Prevention of Major Cardiovascular Events in Elderly people was presented. But the authors did not discuss the effect of the combination therapy in patients living with systolic hypertension.
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Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies.

TL;DR: Throughout middle and old age, usual blood pressure is strongly and directly related to vascular (and overall) mortality, without any evidence of a threshold down to at least 115/75 mm Hg.
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Global burden of hypertension: analysis of worldwide data

TL;DR: The overall prevalence and absolute burden of hypertension in 2000 and the global burden in 2025 were estimated to be about 1.56 billion (1.54-1.58 billion) and the number of adults with hypertension in 2025 was predicted to increase by about 60% respectively.
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2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

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