SPRINT to a Healthy Mind: How Blood Pressure Control Affects Brain Health and Dementia Risk

Geriatrician Dr. Mark Supiano joins the podcast to discuss the connection between heart and brain health. Citing multiple clinical trials, he breaks down what these studies and their findings mean for blood pressure management’s effect on cognitive decline and how they directly impact both patients and clinicians.

Guest: Mark A. Supiano, MD, geriatrician, University Hospital Geriatrics Clinic, professor, Internal Medicine, Utah School of Medicine

Show Notes

Read about the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) Study on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website.

Learn about the SPRINT MIND study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Read Dr. Supiano’s study, “Hypertension in the Oldest Old,” published by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Advances on their website.

Learn about the HYVET, STEP, SPRINT-HEART and China Rural Hypertension Control Project studies through their articles on the National Library of Medicine website.

Learn about an ancillary study to SPRINT, “Changes in arterial stiffness under blood pressure control are independently associated with cognitive impairment,” on the National Library of Medicine website.

Learn about the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP) study, published by Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, on the Taylor and Francis Online website.

Learn about the ESPRIT study on The Lancet website.

Learn more about Dr. Supiano on the University of Utah Health website.

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