BOSTON – Blood pressure is closely monitored in hospitalized patients. Severely high blood pressure can lead to a heart attack, stroke, or damage blood vessels and organs including the heart, brain, ...

TOPLINE: Millions of adults with asymptomatic hypertension (aHTN) visit US emergency departments (EDs) but often leave without a diagnosis or treatment. The study analyzed the data obtained from the ...

A scientific statement regarding management of elevated blood pressure in acute care patients has been published by the AHA. Uncertainty exists for when and how to treat asymptomatic elevated ...

Despite growing evidence showing that revascularization for stable ischemic heart disease (SIHD) does not improve outcomes compared with optimal medical therapy, but can help with symptom relief, a ...

Why aren’t all abnormal blood pressure readings acted upon? Unless federal mandates and reimbursement structures require emergency departments (EDs) to act, EDs will remain structurally ...