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Open AccessAssociation of intensive blood pressure management with cardiovascular outcomes in patients using multiple classes of antihypertensive medications: a post-hoc analysis of the STEP Trial
High medication burden is associated with poor treatment effect and high risk of cardiovascular outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the association between the antihypertensive medication burden and card...
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Open AccessInfluence of baseline arterial stiffness on effects of intensive compared with standard blood pressure control: a post hoc analysis of the STEP trial
The benefits and risks of intensive versus standard systolic blood pressure (SBP) treatment in older patients with arterial stiffness (AS) remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the interaction betwee...
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Open AccessAssociation of stress hyperglycemia ratio and in-hospital mortality in patients with coronary artery disease: insights from a large cohort study
Stress hyperglycemia is strongly associated with poor clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Recently, the stress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) has been proposed to represent relative hy...
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Open AccessAssociation between the triglyceride–glucose index and severity of coronary artery disease
The triglyceride–glucose (TyG) index, which is a reliable surrogate marker of insulin resistance (IR), has been associated with cardiovascular diseases. However, evidence of the impact of the TyG index on the ...