Publications by authors named "C Rosendorff"
Outcomes of acute heart failure hospitalizations are worse during the winter than the rest of the year. Seasonality data are more limited for outcomes in chronic heart failure and the effect of environmental variables is unknown. In this population-level study, we merged 20-year data for 555,324 patients with heart failure from the national Veterans Administration database with data on climate from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and air pollutants by the Environmental Protection Agency.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system are recommended for the management of albuminuria in patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus, but there is little consensus about alternative therapies. Calcium channel blockers are recommended for the management of hypertension, but the data are controversial regarding their role in patients with albuminuria. This review was designed to assess the efficacy of calcium channel blockers compared with inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system in decreasing albuminuria in diabetic, hypertensive patients with nephropathy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Lancet Commission on Hypertension Group position statement on the global improvement of accuracy standards for devices that measure blood pressurePosicionamento do Grupo da sobre a melhoria global dos padrões de acurácia para aparelhos que medem a pressão arterial].
Rev Panam Salud Publica
March 2020
Article Synopsis
- The Lancet Commission on Hypertension emphasizes the importance of improving blood pressure measurement accuracy by using validated devices, as many currently available devices lack proper accuracy testing.
- Weak regulations allow inaccurate devices to be sold without validation, leading to poor hypertension diagnosis and treatment globally.
- The Commission urges for mandatory independent validation of BP devices and recommends developing standards for new technologies, while supporting the establishment of accessible lists of accurate devices for consumers and healthcare professionals.
: The Lancet Commission on Hypertension identified that a key action to address the worldwide burden of high blood pressure (BP) was to improve the quality of BP measurements by using BP devices that have been validated for accuracy. Currently, there are over 3000 commercially available BP devices, but many do not have published data on accuracy testing according to established scientific standards. This problem is enabled through weak or absent regulations that allow clearance of devices for commercial use without formal validation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study assessed the potential role of differential diuretic drugs in preventing incident acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) in the SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial) study.
Background: SPRINT showed that intensive blood pressure reduction in older patients (50 to 97 years of age) resulted in 36% fewer incident cases of ADHF. However, some investigators have questioned whether this was due merely to intergroup differences in diuretic medications.