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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automatic Prediction of Falls via Heart Rate Variability and Data Mining in Hypertensive Patients: The SHARE Project Experience
Accidental falls in elderly is a major problem. This paper presents the preliminary results of a retrospective study investigating association between Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measures and risk of falling,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automatic Prediction of Vascular Events by Heart Rate Variability Analysis in Hypertensive Patients
This paper proposes an automatic classifier for risk assessment of develo** vascular events in hypertensive patients. The proposed classifier separates lower-risk patients from higher-risk ones, using linear...
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Article
National Survey on Excellence Centers and Reference Centers for Hypertension Diagnosis and Treatment: Geographical Distribution, Medical Facilities and Diagnostic Opportunities
Blood pressure (BP) control is poorly achieved in Western Countries, including Italy. Several interventions have been proposed at national and local level to improve BP control rate.
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Article
Echocardiography in Hypertension: a Call for Standardization from the Working Group on Heart and Hypertension of the Italian Society of Hypertension
The variety of clinical information provided by the echocardiogram (i.e. assessment of left ventricular (LV) structure and geometry, systolic/diastolic function, left atrial and aortic size) in addition to its...
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Article
Echocardiography in Hypertension
In this document some indications on practical management of patients with arterial hypertension are discussed and recommendations for how, when and to whom perform an echocardiogram are given.
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2012 Consensus Document of the Italian Society of Hypertension (SIIA): Strategies to Improve Blood Pressure Control in Italy
Observational clinical studies have demonstrated that only 30–40 % of patients with arterial hypertension achieve the recommended blood pressure goals (below 140/90 mmHg). In contrast, interventional trials co...
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Chapter
Russia
Although the Russian cooperative movement today is represented by a substantial number of cooperatives of various types, it is difficult to determine their precise number, since they are not embraced by the st...
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Article
Renal Artery Denervation for Treating Resistant Hypertension
Arterial hypertension is responsible for a significant burden of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, worldwide. Although several rational and integrated pharmacological strategies are available, the contro...
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Article
Open AccessHeart rate variability and target organ damage in hypertensive patients
We evaluated the association between linear standard Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measures and vascular, renal and cardiac target organ damage (TOD).
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Article
Open AccessEffects of drugs on cardiac and vascular function
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Article
A Rare Case of Hypertension
A 61-year-old female was referred to our hypertension centre for uncontrolled hypertension. She had been previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and impaired serum lipid profile. At admission, she a...
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Nutraceuticals for Treatment of High Blood Pressure Values in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome
Aim: To assess whether the association of a dietary supplement with a correct diet can decrease the incidence of metabolic syndrome. In particular, we studied the effect of a combination of Ortos...
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Article
Smoking Selectively Accelerates Carotid Atherosclerosis in Hypertensive Patients
Background and objectives: Left ventricular hypertrophy, carotid atherosclerosis and renal dysfunction are indicators of target organ damage in hypertension, and independent risk factors for both fatal and non-f...
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Article
Job-Related Anxiety and Carotid Atherosclerosis
Objective: Several studies have shown that mental stress may favour the development of hypertension and coronary artery disease, particularly in men. Among the factors causing mental stress, we f...
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Effects of the single and repeated administration of benazepril on systemic and forearm circulation and cardiac function in hypertensive patients
The hemodynamic and cardiac effects of the new angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, benazepril, were studied in 28 hypertensives in a double blind, placebo-controlled, between-patient study. Hemodynamic st...
