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ReviewJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2019

Hypertension and patients with acute coronary syndrome: Putting blood pressure levels into perspective.

Konstantinos Konstantinou, Costas Tsioufis, Areti Koumelli, Manos Mantzouranis, Alexandros Kasiakogias, Michalis Doumas, Dimitris Tousoulis

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Review in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Konstantinos KonstantinouFirst Cardiology Clinic, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Costas TsioufisFirst Cardiology Clinic, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7636-6725
Areti KoumelliFirst Cardiology Clinic, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Manos MantzouranisFirst Cardiology Clinic, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Alexandros KasiakogiasFirst Cardiology Clinic, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Michalis DoumasSecond Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7269-8044
Dimitris TousoulisFirst Cardiology Clinic, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Arterial hypertension is a well-established cardiovascular risk factor, and blood pressure (BP) control has largely improved the prognosis of hypertensive patients. A number of studies have assessed the role of BP levels in the prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndromes. Pathophysiologic links of hypertension to acute myocardial infarction (MI) include endothelial dysfunction, autonomic nervous system dysregulation, impaired vasoreactivity, and a genetic substrate. A history of hypertension is highly prevalent among patients presenting with MI, and some, but not all, studies have associated it with a worse prognosis. Some data support that low levels of admission and in-hospital BP may indicate an increased risk for subsequent events. Risk scores used in patients with MI have, therefore, included BP levels and a history of hypertension in their variables. Of note, good long-term BP control, ideally initiated prior to discharge, should be pursued in order to improve secondary prevention.

Indexed as

Acute Coronary SyndromeAcute DiseaseBlood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationCardiovascular DiseasesHospitalizationHumansHypertensionMyocardial InfarctionPrevalencePrognosisRisk Factorsblood pressurehospitalizationmyocardial infarction

Identifiers

PMID31301119
PMCPMC8030564
OpenAlexW2958786623

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