HYPERTENSION AND THE HEART

Citation
Gyh. Lip et al., HYPERTENSION AND THE HEART, British Medical Bulletin, 50(2), 1994, pp. 299-321
Citations number
122
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
ISSN journal
00071420
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
299 - 321
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1420(1994)50:2<299:HATH>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The heart is of great importance in systemic hypertension; it has a ro le in its pathogenesis but also suffers its consequences. Heart diseas e is, therefore, often found in hypertensive patients. Patients with h ypertension may develop left ventricular hypertrophy, cardiac failure and atherosclerotic vascular problems, such as coronary artery disease , as well as strokes and peripheral vascular disease. There have been a great many advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of hype rtensive heart disease as well as its epidemiology over the last decad e and these are reviewed briefly here.