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06 '16
HYPERTENSION. (HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) AN OVERVIEW One commonly comes across about diseases like STROKE. HEART ATTACK, KIDNEY FAILURE, RETINAL DETACHMENT causing blindness. One of the major cause of all these presentations is HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. Also called as ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION, the general public is still unaware about the ABCD of this problem , which is…
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02 '16
Left ventricular hypertrophy Of patients with hypertension, 15-20% develops LVH. The risk of LVH is increased 2-fold by associated obesity. The prevalence of LVH based on electrocardiogram (ECG) findings, which are not a sensitive marker at the time of diagnosis of hypertension, is variable.1,2 Studies have shown a direct relationship between the level and duration…