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This month we focus on risk assessment in hypertensive patients. History should include a full assessment for personal and family history of risk factors for CVD, current symptoms, medications or substances and lifestyles that can contribute to elevated blood pressure.
More than 50% of hypertensive patients have additional CVD risk factors.

The most common additional risk factors are:

  • Diabetes
  • Lipid disorders (elevated LDL-C and trigylcerides)
  • Overweight-obesity
  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Hyperuriciemia
  • Peripheral arterial disease, CVA including Lacunar infarcts
  • Smoking
  • High alcohol intake
  • Sedentary lifestyle

The presence of one or more additional CVD risk factors proportionally increases the risk of coronary, cerebrovascular, and renal diseases in hypertensive patients.
Join us next Wednesday, 4/14, from 6:00-7:30pm at our CME Event on managing hypertension and CKD to learn more.
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