Speaking with heart wire, Mitchell explained that age, increased systolic blood pressure, hypertension, heart failure, valvular disease, MI, and obesity have all been identified as clinical risk ...

Pulse pressure was found to have a significant association with chronic kidney disease (CKD), indicating that changes in pulse pressure could serve as a predictive marker for disease progression.

Home blood pressure measurement has a stronger predictive power for cardiovascular mortality than office blood pressure screening. 1 Oscillometric automated blood pressure measurement devices have ...

Ankle–brachial index (ABI) measurement offers an easily available method to diagnose peripheral artery disease (PAD) and systemic atherosclerosis in early stage and thus to identify high-risk ...

Your pulse and blood pressure work together as vital indicators of heart health, though they measure different things. While blood pressure shows how forcefully blood pushes against artery walls, your ...

Hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death worldwide. Less than half the people with high blood pressure are aware of their diagnosis, and only ...