<p>My patient is a 66-year-old man with long-standing hypertension and atherosclerotic heart disease. During a recent coronary arteriogram, the cardiologist performed renal artery screening, which...
<p><span style="color: #33cccc;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong></strong></span></span>I understand that patients with refractory...
Q:In the recently published Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (J
Hypertensive crises encompass a spectrum of clinical situations that have in common elevated blood pressure (BP) and progressive or impending target organ damage.
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<p>The term "prehypertension" was introduced in the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and...
<p>In imaging studies in patients older than 55 years with suspected coronary artery disease or peripheral vascular disease, more than 80% of renal artery lesions are associated with generalized...
<p>This question is frequently raised by both clinicians and patients, particularly in view of the changing definitions of hypertension in the last several reports of the Joint National Committee on...
