New study confirms importance of systolic blood pressure
...Blood Institute's FraminghamHeart Study finds that systolic blood pressure, far more than diastolic bloodpress... message from this study is that you cannot ignore systolic pressure," saidClaude Lenfant, M.D., NHLBI Director. "For years, treatment strategies havefocused o...Heart failure deaths reduced by 30 percent with new drug regimen
...h enrolled 1,663 severe heartfailure patients with systolic left ventricular dysfunction. These patientswere classified as Class III or IV, the most severe levels of heart failuredefined by the New York Heart Association (NYHA). Originally scheduled to conclude in December, 1999, the RALES trial was halted a...Heart failure deaths reduced by 30 percent
...h enrolled 1,663 severe heartfailure patients with systolic left ventricular dysfunction. These patients wereclassified as Class III or IV, the most severe levels of heart failure definedby the New York Heart Association (NYHA). Originally scheduled to conclude in December 1999, the RALES trial was halted afu...Cholesterol-lowering drugs provide double protection against heart disease
...ssociated with improvementsin blood pressure, both systolic (heart pumping) and diastolic (heart at rest). "Reversing remodeling may result in a reduction in the development of plaque,which in turn can reduce the risk of a heart attack," says Yokoyama. However,further research is needed to confirm this idea...Two Beta-Blocker Drugs Equal In Treating Heart Failure
...spitalized, do not havefluid congestion and have a systolic blood pressure above 85 mmHg. The two drugs had parallel benefits. "However, we only can start abeta-blocker with very low dosages. Carvedilol is the only one available invery low doses," he says. In their study, the researchers had a pharmacist c...Statement from Claude Lenfant, M.D., NHLBI Director, on Trends in Hypertension
...evels (1 and 2). High blood pressure at stage 3 is systolic bloodpressure of 180 to 209 mm Hg or diastolic blo...of 110 to 119 mm Hg.Stage 4 high blood pressure is systolic blood pressure of at least 210 mm Hg ordiastolic blood pressure of at least 120 mm Hg. The study fur...Children Of Smokers Suffer Negative Health Effects Later In Life
...ach rest period. The blood pressure tests measured systolic blood pressure, the peak pressurejust after the bl...rst relaxes its grip on the subject's arm.A normal systolic blood pressure for a healthy college student averages about120 mm of mercury on a sphygmomanometer, ......c, or good cholesterol (60-65 mg/dL); andlower the systolic blood pressure (<120 mm Hg). Using a combination of theseapproaches, it should be possible to substantially reduce the risk and number ofheart attacks and strokes among women in the community."......ave plaque build-up in thearteries. An AAI is the systolic blood pressure in the ankle divided by thesystolic blood pressure in the arm. When there is an obstruction of blood flowin the leg, the AAI will be less than 1.0. An AAI of less than 0.9 iscorrelated with disease in other major blood vessels. ...National Study Suggests Heart Attack Severity May Be Declining
...an abnormal pulse rate, or had an abnormally low systolic blood pressure (the first number of the two in the typical blood pressure statement), showed little change. Thus, he said, the results from the severity indicators "are somewhat inconsistent," but as a whole, they point to a lessening in the seve...Office Stress, Large Family Responsibilities Put Women At Risk
...rs that took readings for 24 hours ofdiastolic and systolic blood pressure every 15 minutes during the day andevening hours and every 30 minutes between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.. The data werecorrelated with diaries in which each woman noted her physical activity and anystressful events before and at the time of e...American Heart Association Comment: Results Of Cardiac Insufficiency Bisoprolol Study II (CIBIS-II)
...Class II-IV). All individuals had leftventricular systolic dysfunction (an impaired left ventricle, the main pumpingchamber of the heart) with an ejection fraction less than 35 percent, anindication that the heart is pumping inefficiently. Participants were treatedwith standard therapy for heart failure inc...Reduced Heart Disease Risk In Middle Age Lowers Eventual Medicare Costs
...g of the survey. Serum cholesterol level, systolic and diastolic blood pressure andcigarette smoking were selected as factors not only because of their substantialinfluence on risk, but also because of the high prevalence of these traits inthe adult population and the fact that they can be prevented ...