Practical management of hypertension.
Presented in this monograph is a dynamic concept of hypertensive diseases. We all are aware that the appallingly high morbidity and mortality from the consequences of hypertensive diseases can be drastically reduced with antihypertensive therapy, provided that the patients with hypertension are recognized and that they continue to remain on effective therapeutic programs following their evaluation. Inherent in this concept of "preventive cardiology" is the acknowledgment that evaluation of the hypertensive patient provides a baseline for a lifelong program for the management of a chronic disease. Therefore, discussed herein is the rationale for the evaluation of the findings obtained from the patient's history, physical examination, laboratory studies, and the pathophysiological concepts of the vascular disease and the cardiac involvement. These considerations should permit judicious selection of an effective treatment program.
D000792:Angiography; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications; D002452:Cell Count; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012079:Renal Circulation; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D014556:Urine / Q000032:analysis; D014567:Urography / Q000379:methods
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D012083:Renin