Women and Hypertension

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• “I walked into my doctor’s office complaining of heart palpitations My• I walked into my doctor s office complaining of heart palpitations. Myblood pressure was 180/90.”
• “My doctor gave me a grave look <strong>and</strong> said,• “you need to lose weight”.• “Tell me something I don’t know”, I thought smugly. I didn’t take heradvice seriously. After all, I’d been heavier <strong>and</strong> never felt my heart racing.“I’d had perfect blood pressure – 110/70 for years, even at my heaviest.
Page 1 and 2: • Kathleen Drinan DO, FACC, FACOI
Page 3: Heart Disease Is the Leading Cause
Page 7 and 8: Hazard RatioSBP Is a Strong Predict
Page 11 and 12: Hypertension Mortality Is Greater f
Page 13: HF Is A Major Concern for Women•
Page 19: BP Rises After Menopause—Risk of
Page 22: Hypertension Increases With Weight
Page 25 and 26: Smoking and Physical Inactivity Are
Page 27 and 28: Evolution of Antihypertensive Agent
Page 29 and 30: Today, we have:increased knowledge
Page 31: AWARENESS• WTH - over one half of
Page 35 and 36: JNC 7*:Need for Prompt Aggressive A
Page 37: JNC 7: Management of BPLifestyle Mo

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