Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Nathalia Bordin Dal-Prá

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• Review Article
  Major Clinical Considerations for Secondary Hypertension and Treatment Challenges: Systematic Review
  Author(s): Gabriela Thevenard, Nathalia Bordin Dal-Prá and José Zotarelli Filho Gabriela Thevenard, Nathalia Bordin Dal-Prá and José Zotarelli Filho
  
  Introduction: In this context, secondary arterial hypertension (SH) is defined as an increase in systemic arterial pressure (SAP) due to an identifiable cause. Only 5 to 10% of patients suffering from hypertension have a secondary form, while the vast majorities have essential hypertension. Objective: This study aimed to describe, through a systematic review, the main considerations on secondary hypertension, presenting its clinical data and main causes, as well as presenting the types of treatments according to the literary results. Methods: Following the criteria of literary search with the use of the Mesh Terms that were cited in the item below on "Search strategies", the total of 76 papers that were submitted to the eligibility analysis were collated and, after that, 23 studies were selected, following the .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000616

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