The role of hypertension in the pathogenesis of heart failure: a clinical mechanistic overview

RS Vasan, D Levy - Archives of internal medicine, 1996 - jamanetwork.com
Hypertension plays a key role in the evolution of the syndrome of heart failure. Hypertension
has been identified as the chief precursor of left ventricular hypertrophy. Hypertensive left …

Hypertension and acute myocardial infarction: an overview

R Pedrinelli, P Ballo, C Fiorentini, S Denti… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
History of hypertension is a frequent finding in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
and its recurring association with female sex, diabetes, older age, less frequent smoking and …

Antecedent hypertension and heart failure after myocardial infarction

AM Richards, MG Nicholls, RW Troughton… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to assess the relationship of antecedent hypertension to
neurohormones, ventricular remodeling and clinical heart failure (HF) after myocardial …

Effects of the administration of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor during the acute phase of myocardial infarction in patients with arterial hypertension

C Borghi, S Bacchelli, D Degli Esposti… - American Journal of …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Abstract< A positive history of arterial hypertension (HBP) is present in as many as 30% of
patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and their clinical outcome could be greatly …

Albumin excretion rate increases during acute myocardial infarction and strongly predicts early mortality

G Berton, T Citro, R Palmieri, S Petucco, R De Toni… - Circulation, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
Background This study was undertaken to assess whether albumin excretion rate (AER)
increases during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and whether it predicts in-hospital …

Long-term prognosis after acute myocardial infarction in patients with a history of arterial hypertension

F Gustafsson, L Køber, C Torp-Pedersen… - European heart …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
Aims The objective of the study was to investigate the influence of a history of arterial
hypertension on long-term prognosis after an acute myocardial infarction in a representative …

Characteristics and prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction in relation to occurrence of congestive heart failure

H Emanuelsson, BW Karlson, J Herlitz - European heart journal, 1994 - academic.oup.com
Congestive heart failure is one of the major symptoms accompanying acute myocardial
infarction (AMI). The study aimed to describe the occurrence, characteristics and prognosis …

Prognostic value of a history of hypertension in 11483 patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with thrombolysis

C Fresco, F Avanzini, S Bosi, MG Franzosi… - Journal of …, 1996 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To assess the prognostic value of a history of hypertension in patients with acute
myocardial infarction (AMI) treated with thrombolysis. Design: Retrospective adjusted …

The prevalence and outcome of hypertension in patients with acute coronary syndrome in six Middle-Eastern countries

WM Ali, M Zubaid, A El-Menyar, WA Mahmeed… - Blood …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Aims. The aim was to report the prevalence and significance of hypertension (HTN) in
patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods and major findings. Over a 6-month …

Heart failure and left ventricular remodeling after reperfused acute myocardial infarction in patients with hypertension

G Parodi, N Carrabba, GM Santoro, G Memisha… - …, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
In the thrombolytic era, hypertension has been shown to adversely affect the development of
heart failure after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We sought to examine the relation …