[Ischemic cardiopathy in the hypertensive].
Arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease (CHD) are the clinical expression of cardiovascular remodelling, the altered cell population of the cardiovascular system being the result from many biological, psychological and social factors and genetic, enzymatic, humoral and metabolic dysfunction of the individual subject. Both diseases are affected by many common factors and have some similar aspects of the remodeling process, and these are reasons for their simultaneous presence in many patients. The assessment of the total burden of CHD risk in the hypertensive patient and the strategy to modify lifestyle and reduce not only the blood pressure, but also the total burden of risk, is therefore important.
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Serviço de Cardiologia do Hospital Militar Principal, Lisboa.
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000503:physiopathology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
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