Stroke was third most common GBD level 3 cause of death in 2021
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HealthDay News
Sep 20, 2024
There wee 93.8 million prevalent strokes and 11.9 million incident strokes recorded in 2021; disparities were seen in burden by GBD region, country or territory, and sociodemographic index.
Current national prevalence of diagnosed a-fib, 10.55 million
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HealthDay News
Sep 18, 2024
AF patients became relatively younger over time, were less likely to be female or White, and were more likely to have HTN, diabetes
Low-dose triple-pill protocol lowers BP in Black Africans with hypertension
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Haymarket Media
Sep 10, 2024
The mean home systolic blood pressure was lower with the triple-pill protocol versus the standard-care protocol at month 6.
Timing of blood pressure meds has no impact on outcomes
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Haymarket Media
Sep 10, 2024
The findings were seen for both primary care patients with hypertension and nursing home residents.