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Hipertensão arterial mascarada no idoso
| Resumo: | An “Age Revolution” is in front of us. The low birth rates, together with the rise of the older population, make our society increasingly older. The cardiovascular changes occurring during the ageing process turn the Arterial Hypertension (AHT), a slow, silent and painless disease, into one of the most frequent comorbidities in this group stage. With the introduction of the ambulatory blood pressure (BP) determination methods – home BP monitoring (HBPM), and the ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM), in association with the occasional determination of this value at a medical office, two brand new concepts arose: the White Coat Hypertension and, more recently, the Masked Hypertension (MHT). The MHT is highly prevalent among the elderly, and is linked to a greater cardiovascular risk and target-organ lesion, comparing this group with a normotensive population, therefore emphasizing the need to get an early diagnosis and develop an adequate treatment, in order to achieve a better quality of life in the affected group. Nevertheless, many aspects related to this new entity remain to be clarified. |
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| Autores principais: | Pinto, Mafalda Mendes |
| Assunto: | Idosos Hipertensão Arterial Hipertensão mascarada Medição casual da pressão arterial em consultório médico Auto-medição da pressão arterial Monitorização ambulatória da pressão arterial |
| Ano: | 2014 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Resumo: | An “Age Revolution” is in front of us. The low birth rates, together with the rise of the older population, make our society increasingly older. The cardiovascular changes occurring during the ageing process turn the Arterial Hypertension (AHT), a slow, silent and painless disease, into one of the most frequent comorbidities in this group stage. With the introduction of the ambulatory blood pressure (BP) determination methods – home BP monitoring (HBPM), and the ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM), in association with the occasional determination of this value at a medical office, two brand new concepts arose: the White Coat Hypertension and, more recently, the Masked Hypertension (MHT). The MHT is highly prevalent among the elderly, and is linked to a greater cardiovascular risk and target-organ lesion, comparing this group with a normotensive population, therefore emphasizing the need to get an early diagnosis and develop an adequate treatment, in order to achieve a better quality of life in the affected group. Nevertheless, many aspects related to this new entity remain to be clarified. |
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