Hypertension + Heart Failure - evaluation and management guidelines
Tables of Contents
Hypertension
Incidence and
prevalence
Diagnostic
criteria for hypertension
Measuring BP
‘White Coat
Hypertension
Ambulatory blood
pressure monitoring (ABPM)
Prevention of
hypertension
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Magnesium intake
Home blood
pressure readings
Primary or
essential hypertension
Secondary
hypertension
Renovascular
hypertension
Nocturnal blood
pressure levels
Hypertension in
diabetes
Hypertension and
pregnancy
Hypertension and
renal disease
Hypertension and
cardiac disease
Hypertension and
lead exposure
Echocardiography
Follow-up visits
for mild to moderate hypertension
Indications for
additional lab or radiologic evaluation
Isolated systolic
hypertension
Malignant
hypertension
Hypertension
definitions – Table I.
Retinopathy
Secondary
Hypertension – Table II.
History,
etiologic factors
Obesity –
Hypertension relationships
Physical and
laboratory evaluation
Patient education
Surgery in the
hypertensive patient
Therapy - nonpharmacologic
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Stress reduction
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Exercise (update 4-05, 7-05)
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Diet issues including sodium, calcium, potassium, soy, alcohol,
folate, other
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Dash diet
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Mediterrean diet
Pharmacologic therapy
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Anti-hypertensive therapy in black patients
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Dual indications for common antihypertensive agents
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Step Therapy
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Common oral antihypertensive drugs by class (table)
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Recommendations from JNC 7
Quality measures
– HEDIS, AHA/AMA
Hypertension
References and Resources
Scientific references
Patient Resources
Hypertension-related web sites
Heart
Failure