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Manolis AJ, Kallistratos MS, Koutsaki M, Doumas M, Poulimenos LE, Parissis J, Polyzogopoulou E, Pittaras A, Muiesan ML, Mancia G. The diagnostic approach and management of hypertension in the emergency department. Eur J Intern Med 2024; 121:17-24. [PMID: 38087668 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2023.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2024]
Abstract
Hypertension urgency and emergency represents a challenging condition in which clinicians should determine the assessment and/or treatment of these patients. Whether the elevation of blood pressure (BP) levels is temporary, in need of treatment, or reflects a chronic hypertensive state is not always easy to unravel. Unfortunately, current guidelines provide few recommendations concerning the diagnostic approach and treatment of emergency department patients presenting with severe hypertension. Target organ damage determines: the timeframe in which BP should be lowered, target BP levels as well as the drug of choice to use. It's important to distinguish hypertensive emergency from hypertensive urgency, usually a benign condition that requires more likely an outpatient visit and treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- A J Manolis
- Metropolitan Hospital, 2nd Department of Cardiology, Ethnarchou Makariou 9, Praeus, Greece
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- Metropolitan Hospital, 2nd Department of Cardiology, Ethnarchou Makariou 9, Praeus, Greece.
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- Asklepeion General Hospital, Cardiology Department, Vasileos Pavlou 1 street, Voula Greece
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- Second Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Asklepeion General Hospital, Cardiology Department, Vasileos Pavlou 1 street, Voula Greece
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- Second Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Second Department of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Metropolitan Hospital, 2nd Department of Cardiology, Ethnarchou Makariou 9, Praeus, Greece
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia & 2a Medicina ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy
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- University of Milano-Bicocca (Emeritus Professor), Milan, Italy
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Manolis AJ, Boden WE, Collins P, Dechend R, Kallistratos MS, Lopez Sendon J, Poulimenos LE, Ambrosio G, Rosano G. State of the art approach to managing angina and ischemia: tailoring treatment to the evidence. Eur J Intern Med 2021; 92:40-47. [PMID: 34419311 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2021.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 07/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/07/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Stable angina represents a chronic and often debilitating condition that affects daily activities and quality of life in patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS). Current European Society of Cardiology guidelines recommend a four-step approach for the medical treatment of patients taking into consideration hemodynamic variables (heart rate and blood pressure) and the presence or absence of left ventricular dysfunction. However, CCS patients often have several comorbidities and risk factors. Thus, a tailored approach that takes into consideration patient risk factors and comorbidities may have additional benefits beyond angina relief. This is a state of the art review of stable angina treatment based on the currently available evidence.
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- A J Manolis
- Asklepeion General Hospital, Cardiology Department, Athens, Greece; Metropolitan General Hospital, Cardiology Department, Athens, Greece.
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- Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between Max-Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine and Charité - Universitatsmedizin Berlin and HELIOS Clinic Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Germany
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- Asklepeion General Hospital, Cardiology Department, Athens, Greece
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- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Instituto de Investigación La Paz (IdiPAZ), Madrid, Spain
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- Asklepeion General Hospital, Cardiology Department, Athens, Greece
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- Division of Cardiology University of Perugia School of Medicine, Italy
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- St George's Hospitals NHS Trust University of London - IRCCS San Raffaele Roma, Italy
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Kallistratos MS, Poulimenos LE, Manolis AJ. Mid-day sleep and blood pressure in patients with arterial hypertension. Author's reply. Eur J Intern Med 2021; 85:117. [PMID: 33419663 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Manolis AJ, Poulimenos LE, Kallistratos MS. Hypertension guidelines: Managing the differences or the patients? Eur J Intern Med 2020; 82:16-17. [PMID: 33092953 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- A J Manolis
- Asklepeion General Hospital Cardiology department, Greece.
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- Asklepeion General Hospital Cardiology department, Greece
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Kallistratos MS, Poulimenos LE, Giannitsi S, Koukouzeli A, Tsinivizov P, Kontogiannis N, Athanasiou D, Kouremenos N, Khashlok LA, Miaris N, Kalogeris A, Manolis AJ. P959Serum uric acid levels are associated with twenty-four hour arterial blood pressure measurements and the estimated ten-year risk of fatal cardiovascular disease. a prospective study. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy564.p959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Asclepion Voulas Hospital, Cardiology, Athens, Greece
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- Asclepion Voulas Hospital, Cardiology, Athens, Greece
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- Asclepion Voulas Hospital, Cardiology, Athens, Greece
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- Asclepion Voulas Hospital, Cardiology, Athens, Greece
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- Asclepion Voulas Hospital, Cardiology, Athens, Greece
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- Asclepion Voulas Hospital, Cardiology, Athens, Greece
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- Asclepion Voulas Hospital, Cardiology, Athens, Greece
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- Asclepion Voulas Hospital, Cardiology, Athens, Greece
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- Asclepion Voulas Hospital, Cardiology, Athens, Greece
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Tsinivizov P, Poulimenos LE, Kontogiannis N, Kyfnidis K, Koulia K, Christopoulos G, Kallistratos MS, Skyrlas A, Manolis AJ. Novel balloon-assisted catheter ''unknotting'' technique. Hellenic J Cardiol 2018; 60:134-136. [PMID: 29944983 DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2018.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- P Tsinivizov
- Department of Cardiology, Asklepeion General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece.
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- Department of Cardiology, Asklepeion General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, Asklepeion General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, Asklepeion General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Radiology, Asklepeion General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, Asklepeion General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, Asklepeion General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, Asklepeion General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Cardiology, Asklepeion General Hospital, Voula, Athens, Greece
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Manolis AJ, Poulimenos LE, Kallistratos MS, Gavras I, Gavras H. Sympathetic overactivity in hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Curr Vasc Pharmacol 2014; 12:4-15. [PMID: 23905597 DOI: 10.2174/15701611113119990140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Revised: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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From the first description of its anatomy by T. Willis to the novel therapeutic manipulations, it is unanimously recognized that the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) holds a crucial role in cardiovascular homeostasis. The introduction of sophisticated techniques, as microneurography and regional norepinephrine spillover provided the evidence for the role of sympathetic overactivity in various cardiovascular disease entities. Sympathetic activation is common in patients with essential hypertension and contributes to initiation, maintenance and progression of the disease and it contributes to the manifestation of its major complications. A considerable body of evidence relates SNS overactivity with high sodium intake in experimental animals and humans and the underlying mechanisms have nowadays been elucidated. SNS activity is more pronounced in patients with resistant hypertension and there are several conditions that lead to this phenomenon, as older age, kidney disease, obesity and metabolic syndrome, mental stress and sleep apnea. SNS overactivity holds also a key physiopathological role in heart failure, acute coronary syndromes and arrhythmias. Moreover, inhibition of sympathetic overactivity by various means, including central SNS suppressing drugs, peripheral alpha- and beta- adrenergic receptor blockers, or novel approaches as renal sympathetic denervation have been used successfully in the treatment of all these disorders.
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- Department of Cardiology, Asklepeion General Hospital, 1 Vas. Pavlou Ave, Voula 16673, Greece.
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Kallistratos MS, Papanastasiou A, Bacalacou K, Zacharopoulou I, Kouremenos N, Kyfnidis K, Chamodraka E, Poulimenos LE, Chiotelis I, Manolis AJ. Screening for cardiovascular risk using pulse wave velocity. Eur Heart J 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht309.p3242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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