Search Tag: hypertension
2019 13 Nov
Summary: Noninvasive, continuous haemodynamic assessment in clinically proven quality made easy. Easy-to-use and reliable methods for a clinically valuable cardiovascular assessment have become inevitable at a time when cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death 1 and postoperative complications causing long hospital stays...Read more
2019 02 Oct
Despite underlying physiological differences and a different set of risk factors, diagnosis, management, and treatment strategies for hypertension do not account for sex and gender variances. Evidence-based guidelines for hypertension treatment from clinical trials are similar between males and females; however, most of these trials do not...Read more
2019 02 Oct
Summary: A presentation of a case study in light of the updated ESC guidelines on lipid control and new guidelines on diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Several new guidelines were released at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress in Paris, France. These included updated guidelines on lipid control and new guidelines...Read more
2019 26 Aug
Summary: Cardiovascular disease prevention strategies in 2019 remain a major healthcare issue, requiring an individualised approach for diagnostic and therapeutic decision making. Introduction Since investigators from the Framingham Heart Study first confirmed the existence and importance of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in...Read more
2019 26 Aug
How can we get the most common, costly, and modifiable cardiovascular risk factor under control? Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death with an upward trend beyond 30% and a tripling in costs between 2010 and 2030, placing a significant economic burden on public healthcare services. 1,2,3 The most common risk factor...Read more
2019 22 May
How and where can precision medicine and public health join forces to improve patient care and outcomes and, ultimately, lead to more efficient healthcare. HealthManagement.org spoke to four precision medicine experts for their views. You might also like: Precision Medicine: the future of health Tienush Rassaf Department Head...Read more