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| Who has the highest incidence of hypertension? |
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Definition
AA's
for < 50 yo: men>women |
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Term
| define orthostatic change |
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Definition
| SBP decreases 20mmHg or DBP decreases 10mmHg within 3 minutes of standing |
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Term
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Definition
obtains measure of arterial stiffness between 2 locations
more rigid = faster |
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Term
| What does the pulse wave velocity between the carotid artery and the femoral pulse indicate? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the significance of the pulse wave? |
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Definition
| it reverses direction once it reaches a branch point, and amplifies diastolic pressure and facilitates blood flow to coronary arteries |
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Term
| How is aortic PWV influenced by age? |
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Definition
PWV increases w/age
can reach origin before aortic valve closes and contribute to systolic pressure |
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Term
| What is the clinical usefulness of PWV? |
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Definition
| can detect subclinical arterial stiffening or HT and then prevent or delay the progression |
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Term
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Definition
| unknown cause of abnormal elevation in BP |
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Term
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Definition
| new onset hypertension w/proteinuria and rapid weight gain |
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Term
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Definition
| pre-eclampsia and new onset seizures |
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Term
| What normally happens to BP during sleep? |
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Definition
10-20% dip
no dip = ^ CV risk |
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Term
| What BP is considered HT? What about in diabetes? |
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Definition
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Term
| What age increases your cardiovascular risk? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the definition of resistant HT? |
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Definition
| BP uncontrolled despite concurrent use of >3 different classes of drugs |
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Term
| How is hypertensive emergency different from hypertensive urgency? |
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Definition
| In hypertensive emergency, there is evidence of rapidly progressing organ damage, and patient needs to go to ICU to get IV anti-hypertensive meds |
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