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Cureus
November 2024
Scientific Services, USV Private Limited, Mumbai, IND.
Introduction: To understand the current clinical practices followed by healthcare professionals (HCPs) among populations with hypertension and obesity with sympathetic overactivity and develop strategies to improve the management of hypertension.
Methods: A standard questionnaire was formulated based on high sympathetic overactivity and/or obesity in young patients with hypertension to gather information on the perception and practices of HCPs toward the management of young patients with hypertension who have high sympathetic overactivity and/or obesity. HCPs throughout India were selected.
J Diabetes Metab Disord
December 2024
Aditya Pharmacy College, Surampalem, Andhra Pradesh India.
Objectives: To assess the burden of chronic Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension, and evaluate the utilization of drugs for their treatment among the population of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to analyse the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension, as well as the pattern of drug usage for their management. Data were collected through surveys and medical records review.
J Assoc Physicians India
November 2024
Consultant Cardiologist, Medanta Moolchand Heart Center, New Delhi, India.
In heart failure, sympathetic overdrive is evidenced by norepinephrine spillover, receptor level changes, etc. Beta-blockers continue to be the cornerstone of treatment in patients with chronic heart failure due to their ability to counteract sympathetic overdrive. Extensive clinical research has demonstrated that long-term beta-blocker treatment with metoprolol succinate, carvedilol, or bisoprolol enhances left ventricular function and reverses left ventricular remodeling, decreases hospitalization risk, and increases survival.
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November 2024
Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, 114 Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, Athens 11527, Greece.
Background: Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic chronic inflammatory disorder. Cardiac manifestations in BD are extremely rare. There have been no reports of cardiac involvement of BD and especially endomyocardial fibrosis in the left ventricle (LV).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Arterial hypertension (AH) remains the leading risk factor associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cerebrovascular disease and chronic kidney disease. About 70% of patients with AH who are on monotherapy cannot achieve blood pressure (BP) targets, and therefore all quidelines for the management of AH have recently recommended prescribing combination therapy (PCT). In real clinical practice (RCP), there remains significant uncertainty in the effectiveness and rationality of therapy, despite the wide availability of antihypertensive drugs (AHD) and the presence of recommendations for a stepwise approach to prescribing combinations of specific groups of AHD in different clinical situations.
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