Hypertension And Cardiovascular Risk Flashcards

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What is hypertension

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Hypertension is the modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease. It contributes to 9.4 million deaths worldwide annually. It is a chronically elevated blood pressure

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What is normal blood pressure

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Systolic of less than 120 and diastolic of less than 80

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3
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What is pre-hypertension

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Pre-hypertension is systematic of 120 to 139 and diastolic of 80-89

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What is hypertension stage one

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Cystolith of 140 to 159 or diastolic of 90 to 99

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What is hypertension stage two

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Systolic of 160+ or diastolic of greater than 100

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6
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What is essential hypertension

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Unknown causes of blood pressure elevation.

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What is secondary hypertension

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Secondary hypertension is high blood pressure attributed to a definable cause

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What are some essential hypertension factors

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Heredity genetics such as having genes coding for the REnin angiotensin system. Diabetes insulin assistance obesity hypertension

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Why might the heart have high cardiac output

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Because of sympathetic overactivity

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What happens when someone is insulin resistant

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There will be an increase in sympathetic nerve activity and it will also stimulate smooth muscle cell hyper trophy

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What is likely the reason in young hypertensive patients

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High cardiac output

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What is the reason in older hypertensive patients

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Elevated total peripheral resistance

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What is renal parenchymal disease

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It’s when the nephrons are unable to secrete sodium and water causing an increase in blood volume as well as cardiac output and increased blood pressure

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What is renovascular hypertension

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It’s a stenosis of one or both renal arteries

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15
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What happens to hyper thyroid patients

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They develop hypertension due to increased cardiac hyperactivity also an increase in blood volume

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16
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What happens to hypo thyroid patients

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They have a diastolic hypertension and increased peripheral vascular resistance

17
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What is pheochromocytoma

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It’s a catecholamine secreting tumour usually in the adrenal medulla

18
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What happens when there is an excess of mineralocorticoids

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This is usually aldosterone which will lead to an increased sodium retention which causes an increase in blood volume

19
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What happens when there is an excess of glucocorticoids

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this will increase blood volume and stimulation of renin angiotensin system

20
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What is the running path way to increase blood pressure

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Angiotensin agenda is converted into angiotensin one by running then angiotensin one is converted to angiotensin two by eights and say angiotensin II is then able to perform different things in order to increase blood pressure such as increasing aldosterone secretion which will cause a sodium to write a routine in the blood also the brain will stimulate for vasopressin secretion which will stimulate more through some more water enters into the bloodstream I’m in the Hardy to increase contractility also there will be more vasoconstriction a crane and norepinephrine will be released

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What is cardiac adiposity?

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It’s increased cardiac mass due to an increase in epicardium fat and fatty infiltration of the myocardium.