Med. praxi. 2018;15(4):211-214 | DOI: 10.36290/med.2018.039

Arterial hypertension and pulse pressure

MUDr. Marek Vícha, doc. MUDr. Jan Václavík, Ph.D., FESC

I. interní klinika – kardiologická, FN a LF UP Olomouc

Arterial hypertension is one of the most frequent diseases in outpatient clinical practice and also the most important risk factor forcoronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, end-stage renal disease or atrial fibrillation. It is defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg on repeated office measurements. Pulse pressure is defined as the systolicminus the diastolic blood pressure. It is a good predictor of cardiovascular events among older adult patients and the value ≥ 60mmHg is regarded as asymptomatic organ damage. The main goal of therapy is to reach target blood pressure and its benefitis largely independent of the drugs employed. The current Guidelines ESH/ESC 2013 confirm that all classes of antihypertensivedrugs are all suitable for the initiation and maintenance of antihypertensive treatment.

Keywords: arterial hypertension, guidelines, target blood pressure values, pharmacotherapy, pulse pressure

Published: September 1, 2018  Show citation