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Current practice guidelines are based on The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7).<ref name="pmid12748199">{{cite journal |author=Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, ''et al'' |title=The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report |journal=JAMA |volume=289 |issue=19 |pages=2560-72 |year=2003 |pmid=12748199 |doi=10.1001/jama.289.19.2560}} http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jnc7full.pdf</ref> | Current practice guidelines are based on The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7).<ref name="pmid12748199">{{cite journal |author=Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, ''et al'' |title=The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report |journal=JAMA |volume=289 |issue=19 |pages=2560-72 |year=2003 |pmid=12748199 |doi=10.1001/jama.289.19.2560}} http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jnc7full.pdf</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:44, 23 July 2007
Hypertension is a multisystem disease whose hallmark is the elevation of blood pressure.
Definition
Epidemiology
Etiology
Pathophysiology
Diagnosis & Natural History
Treatment
Several randomized controlled trials have compared initial medications for hypertension.[1][2][3][4]
Current practice guidelines are based on The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7).[5]
Systolic hypertension
References
- ↑ ALLHAT Officers and Coordinators for the ALLHAT Collaborative Research Group. The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (2002). "Major outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients randomized to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or calcium channel blocker vs diuretic: The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT)". JAMA 288 (23): 2981-97. PMID 12479763. [e]
- ↑ Wing LM, Reid CM, Ryan P, et al (2003). "A comparison of outcomes with angiotensin-converting--enzyme inhibitors and diuretics for hypertension in the elderly". N. Engl. J. Med. 348 (7): 583-92. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa021716. PMID 12584366. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Materson BJ, Reda DJ, Cushman WC, et al (1993). "Single-drug therapy for hypertension in men. A comparison of six antihypertensive agents with placebo. The Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group on Antihypertensive Agents". N. Engl. J. Med. 328 (13): 914-21. PMID 8446138. [e]
- ↑ Materson BJ, Reda DJ (1994). "Correction: single-drug therapy for hypertension in men". N. Engl. J. Med. 330 (23): 1689. PMID 8177286. [e]
- ↑ Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, et al (2003). "The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report". JAMA 289 (19): 2560-72. DOI:10.1001/jama.289.19.2560. PMID 12748199. Research Blogging. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/hypertension/jnc7full.pdf