From the Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, and the Krannert Heart Research Institute, Marion County General Hospital. Supported in part by the Herman C. Krannert Fund, ...

You can’t actually feel your blood pressure, but it’s one of the body’s most important indicators of cardiovascular health. Here’s the lowdown on how blood pressure works—and what it means for your ...

The Carey Coombs Murmur is a murmur that can occur in the setting of acute rheumatic fever. The mitral valve becomes inflamed causing thickening of the leaflets. The actual murmur is produced by ...

Objective To perform a large-scale pairwise and network meta-analysis on the effects of all relevant exercise training modes on resting blood pressure to establish optimal antihypertensive exercise ...

Objective The left atrial stiffness index (LASI) has been proven to be a promising marker for assessing left atrial (LA) and ...

The guidelines now advise combining aerobic exercise with resistance training that includes both dynamic and isometric moves—such as planks or wall sits—to help lower blood pressure. If you already ...

Introduction: Hypertension (HTN) is a cmorbidity and a contributor to both systolic and diastolic heart failure (HF). However, limited research exists comparing HTN outcome in patient with systolic ...

Background: Postprandial hypotension (PPH), defined as a large decline in blood pressure (BP) after a meal, has typically been assessed using BP measured in a clinic setting. However, evidence ...

The incidence and prevalence of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is increasing, along with the aging population and the ongoing rise in risk factors such as hypertension, ...