Pulmonology

Patients with hypertension-related chronic kidney disease who increased daily fruit and vegetable consumption showed improved cardiovascular health and reduced blood pressure compared with participants who added baking soda to their diet or who received pharmacological-only treatment.

Researchers don’t fully understand why these disorders are increasing, but they declare that finding out should be a top priority.

New data from the single-center, open-label extension EDITA-ON study suggest that early treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) could benefit patients with systemic sclerosis and early pulmonary vascular disease.

The hospitalization rate for patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and interstitial lung disease (ILD) doubled over a 2-year period, and total health care costs more than doubled over the same period.

A new report shows wide variability in terms of which patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) are deemed eligible for pulmonary endarterectomy and balloon pulmonary angioplasty.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) significantly heightens the risk of mortality and hospitalization in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Investigators hoped to use large-scale proteomics to help predict hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), using blood proteins obtained from individuals in their first trimester of pregnancy—but success has been elusive.

A quality improvement program found that maternal blood pressure (BP) screening during early well-child visits significantly improves the early detection and management of postpartum hypertensive disorders.

More than 80% of pregnant patients with new-onset hypertensive disorder remain hypertensive after hospital discharge.

A Chinese study shows hypertension management led by nonphysicians can be safe and effective.

Patients receiving chlorthalidone had lower rates of major cardiovascular (CV) events and noncancer-related deaths vs those receiving hydrochlorothiazide.