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, 2022 Hypertension is a complex, multifactorial and multisystem disorder and a leading cause of morbidity and premature death globally. Major guidelines define it as systolic blood pressure > 130 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure > 80 mmHg. Hypertension is a very common disease with prevalence rates of about 30% in adults worldwide.
Touyz, Rhian M. +10 more
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Myocardial infarction caused by Graves’ disease
Endokrynologia Polska, 2021 Not required for Clinical Vignette.
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PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Annals of Medicine, 2006 Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a disease of the small pulmonary arteries characterized by vascular narrowing and increased pulmonary vascular resistance, which eventually leads to right ventricular failure. Vasoconstriction, vascular proliferation, remodeling of the pulmonary vessels, and thrombosis are all contributing factors to the increased ...
Azad, Raiesdana, Joseph, Loscalzo
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017 Background Chronic inflammation emerges as a feature of the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in experimental models. Alterations of circulating cell subsets have been observed in patients with PAH.
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CHRONIC ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION. [PDF]
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1905 The renewed interest in blood pressure, from a medical point of view, and the succession of articles by clinicians appearing on the subject, crowned by Janeway's book just off the press, indicate that the question is proving of more than scientific value, and that it is becoming an established element in diagnosis and treatment.
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension [PDF]
Breathe, 2005 Key pointsPAH is defined by RHC showing a pre-capillary PH.Clinical suspicion of PH should arise in the case of symptoms such as dyspnoea without overt signs of specific heart or lung disease.RHC is required to confirm the diagnosis of PAH, to assess the severity of the haemodynamic impairment and to test the vasoreactivity of the pulmonary circulation.
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Arterial hypertension in children [PDF]
Current Opinion in Cardiology, 2015 Although arterial hypertension is less common in children than in adults, there is growing concern about elevated blood pressure (BP) in children and adolescents not only because of the association of elevated values with the overweight epidemic, but also as cardiovascular functions are determined in childhood and track into adulthood.
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