Article: Adjust treatment goals in hypertensive seniors: in patients with coronary artery disease, pressure levels less than 120/80 mm Hg may be dangerous.(Cardiovascular Medicine)

Article: High, low BP bad for stroke patients: poor outcomes more ...
Renal & Urology News;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... with a poor outcome in patients who suffer an acute ischemic ... acute ischemic stroke patients present with hypertension ... increases lead to poor patient outcome because of increased ... reviewed the records of 295 patients admitted to the Montreal ... high BP as a MAP of 130 mm Hg or ...

Article: Diastolics Below 80 mm Hg Lower Stroke ...
Family Practice News;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... decreased to below 80 mm Hg," Dr. Friday noted ... measurements below 90 mm Hg had a recurrent stroke rate of 9.2% per patient per year, compared with 3.8% for patients whose diastolics were ... in the 80-to 84-mm Hg range. He and his ...

Article: Hypertension treatment in the elderly needs careful scrutiny: ...
Heart Advisor;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... included too few such patients to demonstrate ... between 140 and 159 mm Hg and DBP less than 90 mm Hg). Similarly ... pressure in this patient population becomes ... hypertensive treatment in patients 80 and older ... study was 150/80 mm Hg, and only individuals ...

Article: Systolic target of 135 mm Hg cuts diabetes ...
Internal Medicine News;  September 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... The study enrolled patients with type 2 diabetes ... run-in period, all patients took a daily, fixed ... the discretion of each patient's physician. Patients on an ACE inhibitor ... pressure was 135/75 mm Hg in the active arm and ...

Article: You Can Lower the Blood Pressure 10 mm Hg with Diet ...
Internal Medicine Alert;  February 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ...You Can Lower the Blood Pressure 10 mm Hg with Diet Alone! Abstract & Commentary ... lower systolic blood pressure more than 10 mm Hg after only 30 days. Source: Sacks FM ... reduced the systolic blood pressure by 2.1 mm Hg (P < 0.001) in the control diet ...

Article: Beta blocker meets stricter criterion: nebivolol can lower DBP by ...
Renal & Urology News;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... decrease of at least 15 mm Hg], the mass is lower ... mg/day) in 909 patients with stage 1 or 2 ... DBP of at least 15 mm Hg in a dose-dependent ... DBP of at least 20 mm Hg--response rates ... nebivolol monotherapy in patients with stage 3 hypertension ...

Article: The Evidence Based Educator: 10 mm/Hg
Dynamic Chiropractic;  February 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Each patient education article in "The Evidence ... the 1970s that as little as 10 mm/Hg of pressure can disrupt the function ... blood pressure cuff on one of your patients and inflating it to 10 mm/Hg. The patient will probably agree that this ...