Hypertension: New Facets

Abstract

Fibrosis in myocardium [1]This predisposes the individual to heart failure [2] with preserved ejection fraction and also predisposes to ventricular arrhythmias [3] which may culminate in sudden cardiac death. AbstractThe guidelines for hypertension provide all information regarding day-to-day management of hypertension. However, there are several issues such as mortality in a controlled hypertensive, fibrosis in cardiovascular system, vascular age, and target heterogeneity in response to decrease blood pressure which also require attention as they are clinically relevant. R e v i e w A r t i c l e