Open AccessTarget organ damage in newly detected hypertensive patients
Author(s) -
Divya Prakash
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_231_19
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , hypertensive retinopathy , blood pressure , left ventricular hypertrophy , observational study , diastole , cardiology , disease , inclusion and exclusion criteria , retinopathy , pediatrics , diabetes mellitus , pathology , endocrinology , alternative medicine
Hypertension (HTN) is difficult to diagnose since it is asymptomatic. Most of the patients with HTN are unaware of their disease, and hence a large number of these subjects have target organ damage (TOD) on their first arrival at hospital or clinic. Hence, early detection and treatment of TOD determines the cardiovascular prognosis in hypertensive patient and can retard or prevent further damage.