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Pre-Treatment Workup for Antihypertensive Treatment

  • Session III: Measurement of Blood Pressure and Pre-Treatment Work-Up
  • Chairman: Professor R.R.H. Lovell (Melbourne)
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Summary

The prevalence of primary and secondary hypertension and of heart and kidney involvement was thoroughly studied in 689 hypertensive subjects derived from a blood pressure screening examination of a total population sample of Swedish men (n=7,452).

The prevalence of secondary hypertension was found to be only 5%, the prevalence of surgically curable hypertension being even lower. Left ventricular hypertrophy and slight heart enlargement were each found in about one-third of the hypertensive patients, while severe heart enlargement, left ventricular hypertrophy on ECG, proteinuria, abnormal serum creatinine and urinary sediment were each found in about 5%.

On the basis of these findings, a minimum pre-treatment workup in uncomplicated hypertension is proposed.

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  1. Department of Medicine I, Sahlgren’s Hospital, University of Göteborg, Sahlgrenska sjukhuset, S-413 45, Göteborg, Sweden

    G. Berglund

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Berglund, G. Pre-Treatment Workup for Antihypertensive Treatment. Drugs 11 (Suppl 1), 60–65 (1976). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-197600111-00017

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