Search results for "End organ damage"

Metabolic syndrome in hypertensive patients: An unholy alliance

2014

For many years, it has been recognized that hypertension tends to cluster with various anthropometric and metabolic abnormalities including abdominal obesity, elevated triglycerides, reduced high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and hyperuricemia. This constellation of various conditions has been transformed from a pathophysiological concept to a clinical entity, which has been defined metabolic syndrome (MetS). The consequences of the MetS have been difficult to assess without commonly accepted criteria to diagnose it. For this reason, on 2009 the International Diabetes Federation, the American Heart Association and other scientific organizations pro…

Influence of metabolic syndrome on hypertension-related target organ damage

2005

Value of home blood pressure as predictor of target organ damage in mild arterial hypertension

2001

Relationships of “ambulatory” white coat effect with target organ damage in arterial hypertension

2001