Sentences with phrase «study patients with high blood pressure»

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Among patients with hypertension at high risk of cardiovascular disease, a program that consisted of patients measuring their blood pressure and adjusting their antihypertensive medication accordingly resulted in lower systolic blood pressure at 12 months compared to patients who received usual care, according to a study in the August 27 issue of JAMA.

Patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure treated with renal denervation had low rates of adverse events and significant lowering of blood pressure at six months, according to a registry - based study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 63rd Annual Scientific Session.

The deCODE study is the largest population genetic study ever carried out in patients with essential hypertension — high blood pressure without a known secondary cause — and reports the strongest genome - wide linkage of any research on this condition to date.

They also made healing from a stroke more difficult: Some studies found a higher risk of death or another cardiovascular event in recovering patients with sleep breathing problems, while others found higher blood pressure, slower neurologic recovery, and longer hospital stays.

According to a study published in Hypertension, 50 patients with resistant hypertension (defined as high blood pressure that doesn't respond to taking three or more types of medication designed to lower blood pressure) who walked on a treadmill at a 3 percent grade three times a week for eight weeks were able to lower their systolic blood pressure (the number on the top of a blood - pressure reading) by 6 mm Hg (a measure of pressure).

A study published in the «Journal of Family Practice» found that oat cereals can also help lower high blood pressure; 73 percent of patients treated with oats were able to stop or reduce their prescription blood pressure medication by half.

In studies patients with diabetes and high blood pressure were given 4 grams of L - carnitine per day in an preliminary study.