CCRP AACVPR Blood Pressure
Management
________ percent of patients enrolled in cardiac rehabilitation
programs have been reported to have hypertension -
ANS Forty-eight
Hypertensive heart disease can lead to -
ANS left
ventricular hypertrophy, LV systolic dysfunction,
atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, aortic
aneurysm and dissection, and sudden death.
Reportedly 95% of adults with high blood pressure
have what type of hypertension? -
ANS primary or essential hypertension. The cause of
primary hypertension is not completely understood,
but is due to a combination of genetic and
environmental factors, often with coexistent disease.
Elderly people often have -
ANS isolated or predominantly systolic
hypertension, which is due to stiffening of the aorta
with increasing age.
Name three common diseases which contribute to the
development and worsening of hypertension -
ANS obesity, sleep apnea, and intrinsic renal disease
What affects blood pressure -
ANS cardiac output and vascular resistance
Sodium retention
leads to a sequence of increased -
ANS fluid retention,
increased intravascular volumes, increased cardiac
output, and consequently raised blood pressures
Peripheral vascular resistance -
ANS is determined by
neurohormonal factors which act at the level of
arterioles
