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Hypertension

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1 Home monitoring of blood pressure can also assist in the diagnosis of ________.

2 It is also known that hypertension is highly heritable and polygenic (caused by more than one gene) and a few candidate ________ have been postulated in the etiology of this condition.

3 [21] While in children hypertension may cause headache, fatigue, blurred vision, epistaxis, and ________.

4 A widely quoted and important series of such studies is the Framingham Heart Study carried out in an American town: ________.

5 Blood pressure is markedly elevated, and angina or ________ may occur.

6 For the secondary hypertension its known that primary aldosteronism is the most frequent ________ form of secondary hypertension.

7 spironolactone or ________), an alpha-blocker or a beta-blocker.

8 There are many classes of medications for treating hypertension, together called ________, which — by varying means — act by lowering blood pressure.

9 Nonetheless, the achievement of blood pressure goals is possible, and, most importantly, lowering blood pressure significantly reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, as proved in ________[citation needed].

10 [50][51] An elevation of ________, an enzyme secreted by the kidney, is another risk factor,[30][52] as is sympathetic nervous system overactivity.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the inbred villagers of Stoccareddo in Italy are a medical phenomenon, with unusually low frequencies of hypertension, strokes and heart attacks despite a high-cholesterol diet?
  • through extensive studying of the pathophysiology of hypertension, it was discovered that hypertension can be caused by genetic inheritance?
  • untreated persistent hypertension can lead to serious complications, such as dementia, strokes, renal failure and heart disease (left ventricular hypertrophy pictured)?
  • a 2009 study found that Polycap—a five-in-one polypill combining three high blood pressure medications, a cholesterol reducer and aspirin—could cut heart attack and stroke risk in half for many?
  • Kalanchoe pinnata (pictured), a succulent plant native to Madagascar, has been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago as being used as a traditional treatment for high blood pressure?
  • Cialis, the erectile dysfunction drug developed by Icos, was originally researched in the hopes of a treatment for cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and angina?
  • metolazone is a medicine used to treat congestive heart failure and hypertension?
  • 95% of cases of hypertension are of the essential hypertension type, and that essential hypertension has many established risk factors?
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