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Hipertensão arterial sistêmica secundária

2010; Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC); Volume: 95; Linguagem: Inglês

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Adelaide Pereira, A. C. C. Cordeiro, Armando da Rocha Nogueira, Eduardo Pimenta, Flávio A. O. Borelli, José Gastão Rocha de Carvalho, Luciano F. Drager, Pedro Jabur, Rogério Andrade Mulinari,

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

The prevalence of secondary systemic arterial hypertension (S-SAH) is 3% to 5%. Before investigating the secondary causes of SAH, the following should be excluded: ._ Inadequate measurement of arterial pressure (AP). ._ White-coat hypertension; ._ Inadequate treatment; ._ Treatment non-adherence; ._ Progression of lesions in hypertension target organs; ._ Presence of co-morbidities; ._ Interaction with prescription drugs. Table 1 lists the situations when the presence of S-SAH should be investigated. Next, the main causes of S-SAH will be discussed. [Author supplied abstract]