Is treating Blood pressure alone enough to protect your
Is treating Blood pressure alone enough to protect your
Is treating Blood pressure alone enough to protect your
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<strong>Is</strong> <strong>treating</strong> <strong>Blood</strong> <strong>pressure</strong> <strong>alone</strong> <strong>enough</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>protect</strong> <strong>your</strong><br />
hypertensive patient?<br />
Does the elevation of blood <strong>pressure</strong> increase the atherogenecity<br />
of cholesterol-rich lipoproteins ?<br />
Want <strong>to</strong> go beyond blood <strong>pressure</strong> in patients with hypertension?<br />
EBM.<br />
<strong>Is</strong> it just an antihypertensive treatment + statin?<br />
Who are those hypertensive patients at high CVD risk?<br />
Conclusion.<br />
Hypertension and Dyslipidemia<br />
• Mechanism:<br />
1. Increase Shear force on Endothelium.<br />
2. Decreased NO Availability<br />
3. Increased Oxidized LDL-Cholesterol
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