Key result
Myocardial ischemia in hypertensive patients is driven by multiple mechanisms, and achieving target blood pressure alongside managing cardiovascular risk factors minimizes clinical sequelae.
Why the study?
Does achieving target BP and managing cardiovascular risk reduce clinical sequelae of myocardial ischemia in patients with hypertension?
Does achieving target BP and managing cardiovascular risk reduce clinical sequelae of myocardial ischemia in patients with hypertension?
Achieving target blood pressure and managing cardiovascular risk factors are essential to minimize the clinical sequelae of myocardial ischemia in hypertensive patients.
Supports ischemia evaluation in select hypertensive patients; leaves open optimal strategies pending higher-level evidence.
Detailed studies over the past 30 years have built up an impressive evidence base for the presence of myocardial ischemia in patients who have hypertension. This relationship ranges from the obvious association with obstructive coronary artery disease to mechanisms related to hemodynamic, microcirculatory, and neuroendocrine abnormalities. All of these factors serve to destabilize the critical balance between myocardial oxygen supply and demand. We have at our disposal a range of sophisticated investigations that allow us to demonstrate the presence and extent of the ischemia and therefore to target specific therapies to reduce the risk to these patients. Achieving target BP and managing all reversible components of the patient's cardiovascular risk status reduce to a minimum the clinical sequelae of myocardial ischemia in this vulnerable population..
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Murphy et al. (2009) conducted a review in Hypertension and Myocardial Ischemia. Myocardial ischemia in hypertensive patients is driven by multiple mechanisms, and achieving target blood pressure alongside managing cardiovascular risk factors minimizes clinical sequelae.
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