Hypertension
Conference Coverage
Significant improvements in adherence, blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol with polypill
Major finding: A four-drug polypill significantly improves adherence, and reduces blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in patients with existing...
Conference Coverage
Salt targets could reduce cardiovascular disease burden and health expenditures
Major finding: South African salt targets of less than 5 g/day could reduce cardiovascular mortality by 11% and significantly decrease out-of-...
News
Statin users ate more, gained more weight during 1999-2010
Key clinical point: Encourage patients taking statins to follow recommended dietary guidelines.Major finding: In 2009-2010, statin users consumed...
News
One in four patients with hypertension nonadherent to therapy
Major finding: A urine test available to commercial labs showed that 25% of patients were totally (10.1%) or partially (14.9%) nonadherent to...
Conference Coverage
Ineffective renal denervation blamed for trial’s failure
Major finding: Renal denervation produced an average 14 mm Hg drop in systolic blood pressure, compared with an average 12 mm Hg decline in...
Guidelines
New stroke guidelines focus on women’s risks
News
Intensive BP, lipid control didn’t alter cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes
Major finding: Among patients with type 2 diabetes, cognitive scores did not differ whether they received intensive or standard blood pressure or...
Commentary
Former JNC 8 hypertension panel issues minority report
Guidelines
'JNC 8' guideline follows convoluted endgame
Guidelines
‘JNC 8’ relaxes elderly systolic target below 150 mm Hg
Conference Coverage
CORAL: No added benefit with renal stenting vs. medication alone
Major finding: The rate of a primary composite endpoint did not differ significantly between the renal-artery stent and control groups (35.1% and...