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White Coat Hypertension is the phenomenon that occurs when a patient measures their blood pressure at home and finds that the blood pressure is normal, but at the doctors office the blood pressure is found to be high.
Dr. Suzanne Oparil, a noted cardiologist, reviews a quiz about high blood pressure, or hypertension.
Dr. Brian Kessler reviews the medications used in high blood pressure, including ARB's, ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, alpha blockers, and calcium channel blockers.
An overview of High Blood Pressure, or Hypertension. High blood pressure is frequently called "the silent killer", since there are rarely symptoms associated with it. It has detrimental effects on multiple organ systems, including the cardiovascular system.
PreHypertension: Dr Barry Ramo, a cardiologist, discusses how heart disease causes cardiovascular disease. He also describes Prehypertension, which is essentially early hypertension, with borderline high blood pressure.
High Blood Pressure is commonly called the silent killer, since there are usually no symptoms from high blood pressure. However, High Blood Pressure causes very serious effects on multiple organ systems, including the cardiovascular system. This animated video reviews the effects of high blood pressure.