Hypertensive heart disease
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/* Conditions that can be caused by hypertensive heart disease */ more brief heading
{{DiseaseDisorder infobox |
Name = Hypertensive heart disease |
ICD10 = {{ICD10|I|11||i|10}}, {{ICD10|I|13||i|10}} |
ICD9 = {{ICD9|402}} |
}}
'''Hypertensive heart disease''' is any of a number of complications of arterial [[hypertension]] that affects the [[heart]].
It is one of the most common causes of death in Western societies.
==Symptoms==
* [[fatigue (physical)|fatigue]]
* irregular [[pulse]]
* [[edema| swelling]] of feet
* [[dyspnea]]
* [[weight gain]]
* [[nausea]]
* shortness of [[breath]]
* difficulty sleeping flat in bed
* [[bloating]]
* greater need to [[urinate]] at night
==Conditions (potential complications)==
* [[left ventricular hypertrophy]]
* [[coronary heart disease]]
* [[congestive heart failure]]
* [[hypertensive cardiomyopathy]]
* [[cardiac arrhythmias]]
==External links==
* [http://www.heartd.org/hypertensiveheartdisease.php Hypertensive heart disease - symptoms, high blood pressure, treatment, etc.]
* [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000163.htm NIH]
* [http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3432.htm eMedicine]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11032692&dopt=Abstract Hypertensive heart disease.]
{{Vascular diseases}}
[[Category:Cardiology]]
{{circulatory-stub}}
[[es:Enfermedad cardÃaca hipertensiva]]