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Aggressive blood pressure control may prevent common heart condition
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Aggressive blood pressure control may prevent common heart condition

by University of California, San Francisco Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Heart conduction disorders can often lead to serious or fatal complications including complete heart block or heart failure. Left ventricular conduction disease occurs when there is an electrical blockage of the heart’s normal electrical conduction system. Treatment to lessen its effects involves implanting a permanent pacemaker,...

After 60 years, scientists find the missing link in our body’s blood pressure control
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After 60 years, scientists find the missing link in our body’s blood pressure control

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM IMAGE: A RESEARCH TEAM LED BY UVA HEALTH’S MARIA LUISA S. SEQUEIRA-LOPEZ HAS DETERMINED THE LOCATION OF NATURAL BLOOD-PRESSURE BAROMETERS INSIDE OUR BODIES THAT HAVE ELUDED SCIENTISTS FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS. CREDIT: UVA HEALTH University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have determined the location of natural blood-pressure barometers inside our...