Hypertensive disease of pregnancy is a group of diseases which includes preeclampsia, eclampsia, gestational hypertension and chronic hypertension.
Existing recommendations for postpartum and prenatal care that may prevent recurrent
hypertensive disease of pregnancy include the use of reliable contraception following delivery to prevent unintended pregnancy and taking low - dose aspirin in subsequent pregnancies to reduce recurrence risk.
Lauren Theilen, M.D. one of the primary researchers of the study and the presenter of the research at the upcoming SMFM annual meeting, explained, «Importantly, we are unable to say whether
the hypertensive disease of pregnancy plays a causal role here, but we feel that further study is warranted to determine whether interventions such as early screening for chronic disease may improve long - term health outcomes among these women.»
«Study finds recurrent
hypertensive disease of pregnancy associated with early mortality: Pregnancy provides a window to future health.»
Not exact matches
Countouris will present the study, «Lactation and Maternal Subclinical Cardiovascular
Disease Among Women with and without a History
of Hypertensive Disorders
of Pregnancy,» on Saturday, March 10.
When logistic models were stratified by the presence or absence
of hypertensive disease, only maternal age older than 34 years (odds ratio [OR], 1.4; 95 % confidence interval [CI], 1.0 - 2.0), pregnancy - associated plasma protein - A
of the 95th percentile or less (OR, 1.9; 95 % CI, 1.2 - 3.1), and alpha fetoprotein
of the 95th percentile or greater (OR, 2.3; 95 % CI, 1.4 - 3.8) remained statistically significantly associated for abruption.In this large, population - based cohort study, abnormal maternal aneuploidy serum analyte levels were associated with placental abruption, regardless
of the presence
of hypertensive disease.
Alcohol consumption was associated with a higher risk
of stroke, heart failure, fatal aortic aneurysms, fatal
hypertensive disease and heart failure and there were no clear thresholds where drinking less did not have a benefit.
A new study in the American Journal
of Hypertension, published by Oxford University Press, suggests that higher yogurt intake is associated with lower cardiovascular
disease risk among
hypertensive men and women.
Countouris will present the study, «Lactation and Maternal Subclinical Cardiovascular
Disease Among Women with and without a History
of Hypertensive Disorders
of Pregnancy,» on Saturday, March 10.
There were also nine hospitalizations for
hypertensive emergency (1.0 percent), eight for atrial fibrillation (0.9 percent), eight strokes (0.9 percent), six hospitalizations for new onset heart failure (0.7 percent), five heart attacks (0.6 percent), four deaths (0.4 percent) and two cases
of new onset end stage kidney
disease (0.2 percent) that were considered unrelated to the procedure.
The three - year study was conducted in 1,078
hypertensive patients,
of whom 85 % also had coronary heart
disease and 15 % also had valve
disease.
Drug screening with tissue constructs Once they understand the basic cellular biophysics
of failing heart tissue, they will transfer their work to tissue models that will make it much faster and safer to test drugs for heart failure and
hypertensive heart
disease, the scientists say.
Symposia III: Mechanisms
of Baro and Chemoreceptor Sensory Transduction: A Link to Sympatho - excitation in
Disease Researchers will discuss how sensory neuronal signals are powerful regulators
of the
hypertensive state and the role
of gaseous messengers in oxygen Sensing by the carotid body.
The finding that daily sodium intake below 3 grams significantly increased cardiovascular
disease risk was supported by two subsequent studies that involved over one hundred thousand participants.3, 4 When those with and without hypertension were evaluated it was found that sodium intake
of about 7 grams per day increased the cardiovascular risk
of hypertensives but not in those without hypertension.3
The evidence supports a strong association
of sodium with BP and cardiovascular
disease events in
hypertensive individuals, the elderly, and those who consume > 6 g / d
of sodium.
Your risk
of heart
disease, like
hypertensive heart
disease, multiplies when you are dealing with thyroid dysfunction and diabetes at once.
«Thus,» they concluded, «purple potatoes are an effective hypotensive agent and lower the risk
of heart
disease and stroke in
hypertensive subjects without weight gain.»
Researchers (Y Omori, T Ohtani, et al), at the Department
of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School
of Medicine, Japan, developed an animal study to analyze potential new treatments for heart failure — specifically heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in
hypertensive heart
disease.
Testing should be considered for all individuals who are overweight or obese (BMI 25 or greater) plus the additional risks: first degree relative with diabetes mellitus or Polycystic Ovarian
Disease, history
of gestational diabetes, thyroid disorder, HDL level < 35 mg / dl and / or Triglyceride level > 250 mg / dl,
hypertensive, sedentary, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IFG) on previous testing, women who delivered macrosomic baby (e.g. weighing > 9 lbs), and other clinical conditions such as acanthosis nigricans, severe obesity, polycystic ovary syndrome, dyslipidemia.
Or you can read this study, in which the authors wrote: «The consumption
of wheat flour... was positively correlated with all three
diseases [cardiovascular
disease,
hypertensive heart
disease, and stroke].»
Base case and sensitivity analysis results in a Markov model
of effectiveness and cost effectiveness *
of dark chocolate consumption according to compliance levels versus no dark chocolate consumption over 10 years in prehypertensive /
hypertensive people with metabolic syndrome, free
of cardiovascular
disease and diagnosed diabetes.