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Hypertension is one of the most important preventable causes of premature morbidity and mortality, and lowering blood pressure reduces the risk of cardiovascular events in people with established hypertension.
In this review, we will begin by considering time-honored topics: the roles of the kidney, the vasculature, and the central nervous system and a prevailing effect of aldosterone in hypertension.
Hypertension is defined as persistently elevated arterial blood pressure (BP). JNC7 Guidelines: Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure JNC7 is the national clinical guideline that was developed to aid clinicians in the management of hypertension.
Summarize the pathophysiology of essential hypertension and its pathological sequelae on organ systems throughout the body. Review the various treatment options for treating essential hypertension, both pharmacological as well as lifestyle modification strategies.
The pathophysiology of hypertension involves the impairment of renal pressure natriuresis, the feedback system in which high blood pressure induces an increase in sodium and water excretion by the kidney that leads to a reduction of the blood pressure.
Hypertension results from an interplay of peripheral, neuronal, and humoral mechanisms. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) plays a key role in regulating blood pressure via sodium and fluid balance.
Hypertension is a direct cause of stroke and MI. It's directly linked to coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, renal failure, and vision loss.
High blood pressure is also known as hypertension. It happens when the force of your blood pushing against the walls of your blood vessels is too high. High blood pressure can lead to other serious problems such as heart attack and stroke .
The pathophysiology of hypertension is an area which attempts to explain mechanistically the causes of hypertension, which is a chronic disease characterized by elevation of blood pressure. Hypertension can be classified by cause as either essential (also known as primary or idiopathic) or secondary. About 90–95% of hypertension is essential ...
Increased systemic vascular resistance, increased vascular stiffness, and increased vascular responsiveness to stimuli are central to the pathophysiology of hypertension.