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How do you approach long-term blood pressure parameters in ischemic stroke patients with severe symptomatic intracranial stenosis?

How do you balance between having a higher long-term blood pressure to prevent flow failure and leading to worsening of stenosis or occlusion from the...

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What is your approach to initiating spironolactone in patients with end stage kidney disease and heart failure?

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Can a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (CCB) like amlodipine be prescribed in addition to a non-dihydropyridine CCB such as diltiazem or verapamil for treating hypertension?

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Do you recommend taking any unique approaches to managing patients with persistent hypertension following bilateral renal artery stenting?

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Do you recommend bedtime administration of antihypertensives in patients who exhibit nondipping on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring?

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What is the optimal approach to treat isolated diastolic hypertension?

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Do you recommend increasing dietary potassium intake for blood pressure management in non-CKD patients with hypertension?

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Can Droxidopa be used for augmenting orthostatic hypotension treatment in patients who are already on midodrine and/or fludrocortisone?

Is there an approach to tapering the other two medications while uptitrating Droxidopa dosing to reduce the risk of supine hypertension?

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What is a reasonable blood pressure goal for refractory HTN in the geriatric population?

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For which patients do you prioritize ambulatory blood pressure monitoring over self-measured blood pressure?

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Papers discussed in this category

JAMA, 2016-06-28

Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Adults Aged ≥75 Years: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA, 2019-02-12

Effect of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control on Probable Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2017 Nov 13

2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Kidney international, 2019-04

Safety and cardiovascular efficacy of spironolactone in dialysis-dependent ESRD (SPin-D): a randomized, placebo-controlled, multiple dosage trial.

Kidney360, 2023 Feb 10

Effects of Spironolactone on Arrhythmias in Hemodialysis Patients: Secondary Results of the SPin-D Randomized Controlled Trial.

Frontiers in medicine, 2022 Mar 17

Safety and Efficacy of Spironolactone in Dialysis-Dependent Patients: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2021 Feb 05

The effect of spironolactone on diastolic function in haemodialysis patients.

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