Hypertension in the young in eastern India.
Indian Heart J
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1996 Nov-Dec; 48(6): 663-6
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-4984
ABSTRACT
Three hundred and forty-one young hypertensives in the age group of 18-30 years were evaluated over a 7-year period. Essential hypertension constituted the single largest group (35.8%). Renal pathology was the most common cause of secondary hypertension (26.4%). Congenital coarctation of the aorta and endocrine causes accounted for 14.1 percent and 3.2 percent cases of secondary hypertension, respectively. A strikingly high incidence of nonspecific aortoarteritis (20.1%) was a distinguishing feature amongst secondary causes. Aortoarteritis was the commonest cause of renal artery stenosis. Renal angioplasty was performed in 11 patients with refractory hypertension. Forty percent of the patients achieved post-angioplasty control of blood pressure without drugs; in 25 percent, the blood pressure became easier to control. Restenosis was detected in 4 cases over 18-24 months of follow-up.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Incidence
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Risk Factors
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Adolescent
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Sex Distribution
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Age Distribution
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Adult
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian heart j
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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