Heart disease and stroke statistics—2023 update: a report from the American Heart Association

CW Tsao, AW Aday, ZI Almarzooq, CAM Anderson… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …

Addressing global disparities in blood pressure control: perspectives of the International Society of Hypertension

AE Schutte, TH Jafar, NR Poulter… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Raised blood pressure (BP) is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. Yet, its
global prevalence is increasing, and it remains poorly detected, treated, and controlled in …

Salt substitution and salt-supply restriction for lowering blood pressure in elderly care facilities: a cluster-randomized trial

Y Yuan, A Jin, B Neal, X Feng, Q Qiao, H Wang… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
There is a paucity of high-quality evidence on the effectiveness and safety of salt reduction
strategies, particularly for older people, who have the most to benefit but are at higher risk of …

2022 World hypertension league, resolve to save lives and international society of hypertension dietary sodium (salt) global call to action

NRC Campbell, PK Whelton, M Orias… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
This fact sheet and global call to action is aimed at nutrition, hypertension, cardiovascular
and other health care clinicians and scientists, and health advocates, as well as the …

Population-level salt intake in the WHO European Region in 2022: a systematic review

EJL Kwong, S Whiting, AC Bunge, Y Leven… - Public Health …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objective: The WHO recommends that adults consume less than 5 g of salt per day to
reduce the risk of CVD. This study aims to examine the average population daily salt intake …

A glimpse into the future: modelling global prevalence of hypertension

EB Boateng, AG Ampofo - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Insights and
foresights on trends of hypertension prevalence are crucial to informing health policymaking …

Mechanisms and rationale for uricase use in patients with gout

N Schlesinger, F Pérez-Ruiz, F Lioté - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2023 - nature.com
Xanthine oxidase inhibitors such as allopurinol and febuxostat have been the mainstay
urate-lowering therapy (ULT) for treating hyperuricaemia in patients with gout. However, not …

A review of healthy dietary choices for cardiovascular disease: from individual nutrients and foods to dietary patterns

W Chen, S Zhang, X Hu, F Chen, D Li - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the first cause of mortality globally. Diet plays a
fundamental role in cardiovascular health and is closely linked to the development of CVD …

Smooth muscle mineralocorticoid receptor promotes hypertension after preeclampsia

LA Biwer, Q Lu, J Ibarrola, A Stepanian, JJ Man… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Preeclampsia is a syndrome of high blood pressure (BP) with end organ
damage in late pregnancy that is associated with high circulating soluble VEGF receptor …

Global, regional, and national burden of chronic kidney disease attributable to high sodium intake from 1990 to 2019

W Liu, L Zhou, W Yin, J Wang, X Zuo - Frontiers in nutrition, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background High sodium intake is a crucial risk factor for the development and progression
of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the latest global spatiotemporal patterns of CKD …