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Triple Therapy Beneficial in Treating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
While initial double therapy has proven effective in treating pulmonary arterial hypertension, adding selexipag to the treatment regimen of macitentan and tadalafil could be beneficial in this patient population.
High Blood Pressure May Be Harming Your Brain While You Sleep
April 22nd 2020In healthy people, it's normal for blood pressure to drop during the night. But in hypertensive patients, nighttime blood pressure sometimes doesn't drop, or even increases. A new study published online in the journal Neurology, shows that those individuals may be more likely to have small areas in the brain that appear damaged from vascular disease and associated memory problems.
ACEi and ARBs Do Not Increase Risk of COVID-19 Infection Says European Society of Cardiology
March 18th 2020Physicians and patients should continue treatment with their usual anti-hypertensive or diabetes management therapy, says the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). There is no evidence that ACEi or ARBs, drugs which upregulate Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE), increase the risk of contracting COVID-19, the society said in a statement published March 13.