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SGLT-2 inhibitor, cardiovascular risk and outcome in patients with comorbidity of hypertension and diabetes [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Two thirds of diabetes patients complicated with hypertension, and comorbidity increase 4-fold risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Population Studied individuals with comorbidity of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Study design and analysis This is a multiple-center retrospective real-world cohort study.

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What to know about High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

Blood pressure is the pressure of blood “pushing against the walls of your arteries” As blood rushes from your heart to other organs, it helps to replenish nutrients and transport oxygen. Uncontrolled, elevated blood pressure is known as Hypertension. What are some signs and symptoms of Hypertension? What is my goal?

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Common Myths about Varicose Veins

Vascular Physician

Reducing salt intake since a high salt diet may lead to hypertension or narrowing of arteries. Typically harmless, varicose veins may occur when the uterus applies pressure to the large vein (inferior vena cava) which transports blood back to the heart from your lower extremities (feet or legs). Myth #16: Varicose veins are hereditary.

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Aneurysms: An Overview

Vascular Physician

This free blood clot can be transported throughout the arteries until it becomes lodged in a narrowed artery away from its original location. A few risk factors are listed below: Smoking Hypertension Family history Advanced age How many types of aneurysms are there?

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

So you mentioned the burden of chronic multimorbidity and sort of flogging through the diabetes and the hypertension. If you see someone, you know, they have no transportation, they’re single, they have food insecurity, those are important in themselves. I think it’s.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

Eric: This comes down to also like, if I find… As an oncologist, somebody has very high hypertension, is it my role to control that hypertension? And that’s because we were on the podcast. That probably happened after the podcast. Most oncologists would say no. Katie: Yep.

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Guidelines or Goals in Heart Failure: A Podcast with Parag Goyal, Nicole Superville, and Matthew Shuster

GeriPal

Has the usual collection of chronic diseases, paroxysmal afib, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, adult diabetes, a little anemia, a little edema, a little mild cognitive impairment. It’s one of my old, old patients. He’s 91, lives in assisted living, has been diagnosed with HF , HF preserved ejection.