Blood Pressure Basics
This number is is representative of when the left ventricle contracts.
What is systolic pressure?
This is the most common type of hypertension.
What is primary hypertension?
(primary HTN has an unknown origin)
Examples of this include corn oil, olive oil, fish oil, and peanut oil?
What are unsaturated fats?
This complication of HTN is caused by nicks on the retina.
What is blindness?
This is marked by a drop in systolic volume of >20 or a drop in diastolic volume of >10 upon a change in position.
What is orthostatic hypertension?
This reflects the change in the radius of the arterioles and the viscosity of the blood.
This is caused by reduced circulating volume from dehydration or may be induced by medication.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
These are composed of mainly triglycerides.
What are VLDLs?
Frequent falls may be a symptom of this.
Orthostatic hypotension.
This test measures HDLs, triglycerides, LDLs, and the total cholesterol.
What is a lipid panel?
This compares the volume of blood vs how distended the arteries are.
What is pulse pressure?
This is an accelerated, potentially fatal, sudden marked elevation in blood pressure.
What is malignant hypertension?
This is where cholesterol is formed via the endogenous pathway.
What is the liver?
This symptom is caused by the narrowing of the arterial lumen.
What is ischemia?
This diastolic volume can indicate malignant hypertension.
What is 120?
This detects changes in blood pressure, resistance, and cardiac output.
What is the vasomotor center?
This causes extremely high lipid levels in otherwise healthy adults and is due to a genetic defect in cholesterol metabolism.
What is primary hypercholesterolemia?
High numbers of LDLs in your system lead to formation of this.
What are atherosclerotic plaques?
People with this disease experience pain with activity in the affected area due to ischemic blood flow.
What is peripheral artery disease?
This triad is marked by a decreased pulse, a decreased or irregular respiratory rate, and a widening of pulse pressure.
What is Cushing's Triad?
This system controls long-term blood pressure regulation.
What is the R-A-A System?
This is the leading cause of coronary artery disease (about 90% of cases).
What is atherosclerosis?
Loss of this is measured via the exogenous pathway alongside dietary intake regulation.
What is bile acid?
This is tissue necrosis from continuous plaque build up or from plaque rupture.
What is infarct?
This systemic inflammation marker indicates increased cardiovascular risk.
What is C-Reactive Protein (CRP)?