The Impact of Height on Clinical Management of Hypertension in Primary Care

Autor: Nadia El Amin, Hadeel Al-khaneen, Hatouf H Sukkarieh, Rami Bustami
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Cardiovascular Research.
ISSN: 2324-8602
DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000349
Popis: Study demonstrated that hypertension was significantly more controlled with increased height. Also, beta-blockers appeared to be effective for controlling BP in hypertensive patients. High blood pressure is one of the major well-being issues in most developed and developing countries. It is considered a major risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney diseases globally. Worldwide, about one billion individuals were found to have high blood pressure and 13% of all fatalities were carefully related to hypertension.
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