Hypertensive heart disease
- Hypertensive heart disease
Hypertensive heart disease is any of a number of complications of arterial hypertension that affects the heart. It is one of the most common causes of death in Western societies.
ymptoms
* fatigue
* irregular pulse
* swelling of feet
* dyspnea
* weight gain
* nausea
* shortness of breath
* difficulty sleeping flat in bed
* bloating
* greater need to urinate at night
Conditions (potential complications)
* left ventricular hypertrophy
* coronary heart disease
* congestive heart failure
* hypertensive cardiomyopathy
* cardiac arrhythmias
External links
* [http://www.heartd.org/hypertensiveheartdisease.php Hypertensive heart disease - symptoms, high blood pressure, treatment, etc.]
* [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000163.htm NIH]
* [http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3432.htm eMedicine]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11032692&dopt=Abstract Hypertensive heart disease.]
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