May Measurement Month 2018: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Brazil.

Hypertension is a pathology of high prevalence in the world. In Brazil, it is the main risk factor for the major cause of death in the country, coronary heart disease. The May Measurement Month Campaign in 2018 (MMM18) included a population with representation from all Brazilian states and reflects some of the characteristics of hypertension in Brazil.

Impact of hypertension phenotypes on the office and 24-h pulse wave velocity and augmentation index in individuals with or without antihypertensive medication use.

Data on the association of blood pressure (BP) phenotypes with office and out-of-office markers of vascular stiffness and pressure wave reflection are sparse. This study investigated office and 24-h measures of brachial BP, pulse wave velocity (PWV), and central augmentation index (AIx) across hypertension phenotypes among individuals not using BP-lowering medications [normotension (NT), white-coat hypertension (WH), masked hypertension (MH) and sustained hypertension (SH)] and those using BP-lowering medications [controlled hypertension (CH), white-coat uncontrolled hypertension (WUCH), masked uncontrolled hypertension (MUCH) and sustained uncontrolled hypertension (SUCH)]. We evaluated 454 untreated (age = 45 ± 15 years, 50% males) and 238 treated (age = 52 ± 15 years, 45% males) individuals who underwent office and 24-h brachial BP, PWV, and AIx measures using a Mobil-O-Graph PWA monitor.

APOE and LDLR Gene Polymorphisms and Dyslipidemia Tracking. Rio de Janeiro Study.

Background: Studies show an association between changes in apolipoprotein E (ApoE) and LDLR receptor with the occurrence of dyslipidemia.

Objectives: To investigate the association between polymorphisms of the APOE (ε2, ε3, ε4) and LDLR (A370T) genes with the persistence of abnormal serum lipid levels in young individuals followed up for 17 years in the Rio de Janeiro Study.

Methods: The study included 56 individuals (35 males) who underwent three assessments at different ages: A1 (mean age 13.

Blood pressure in adolescence, adipokines and inflammation in young adults. The rio de janeiro study.

Background: The impact of blood pressure (BP) during adolescence on other cardiovascular risk factors in young adults is important for the primary prevention.

Objective: To evaluate BP, anthropometric indexes, metabolic and inflammatory profiles in young individuals stratified by their BP behavior recorded for 18 years.

Methods: A total of 116 individuals, of whom 63 were males, from the Rio de Janeiro study (follow-up of 17.

Renal sympathetic denervation for resistant hypertension treatment : current perspectives.

The authors review the concept of resistant hypertension and the involvement of the sympathetic nervous system in hypertension as a rational basis for the technique of renal sympathetic denervation (RSD) performed percutaneously. This revision is the result of an active search for scientific articles with the term "renal denervation" in the Medline and PubMed databases. The techniques and devices used in the procedure are presented, as well as clinical outcomes at six, 12 and 24 months after the intervention with the Symplicity catheter.

Pulse wave velocity, blood pressure and adipocytokines in young adults: the Rio de Janeiro study.

Background: Data on noninvasive vascular assessment and their association with cardiovascular risk variables are scarce in young individuals.

Objective: To evaluate the association between pulse wave velocity and blood pressure, anthropometric and metabolic variables, including adipocytokines, in young adults.

Methods: A total of 96 individuals aged 26 to 35 years (mean 30.

Association between uric acid and cardiovascular risk variables in a non-hospitalized population.

Background: The association between uric acid (UA) and cardiovascular risk variables remains a controversial issue in epidemiological studies.

Objective: To evaluate the association between UA, blood pressure (BP), anthropometric indices and metabolic variables in a non-hospitalized population stratified by UA quintiles.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study evaluated 756 individuals (369 males), aged 50.

Giant atrial myxoma mimicking severe mitral stenosis in young patient.

The echocardiogram of a twenty-year-old man, previously healthy, suffering from paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea and fatigue after moderate exertion that intensified over a period of about ten days, showed the left atrium myxoma working as severe mitral stenosis.

Overweight and cardiovascular risk among young adults followed-up for 17 years: the Rio de Janeiro study, Brazil.

Background: The adoption of primary prevention measures among young people has a favorable impact on the context of cardiovascular diseases.

Objective: To assess blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular risk variables among young adults stratified according to the body mass index (BMI) behavior obtained along 17 years, since childhood/adolescence (C/A).

Methods: Three assessments were carried out in 115 individuals pertaining to the study cohort of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Importance of high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels to the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the elderly.

Studies about the impact of HDL-C levels on the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the elderly are scarce. We decided to evaluate the relation of clinical and laboratory variables to the incidence of CVD events in the elderly stratified according to HDL-C behavior in an 8-year follow-up. We assessed 126 elderly (mean age: 70.

Blood pressure in young individuals as a cardiovascular risk marker. The Rio de Janeiro study.

Background: The study of the cardiovascular risk variables in young populations is fundamental to establish primary prevention strategies.

Objective: To evaluate the blood pressure (BP), anthropometric and metabolic profile in young individuals from The Rio de Janeiro Study, followed by 17 years.

Methods: A total of 115 individuals (64 males) were evaluated at three different moments (follow-up: 212.

Importance of HDL-c for the occurrence of cardiovascular disease in the elderly.

Background: Studies on the impact of HDL-c and the occurrence of cardiovascular disease (CV) in the elderly are scarce.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical and laboratory variables and the occurrence of CV events in elderly patients stratified according to the behavior of HDL-c during an eight-year follow up.

Methods: We evaluated 81 elderly patients, mean age of 68.