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January 1, 2022
Hypertension, also referred to as high blood pressure (BP), is one of the most common conditions seen in adult primary care practices. In 2016, there were nearly 33 million visits to provider offices with essential hypertension as the principle diagnosis [ ...
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January 1, 2022
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) refers to the condition of inadequate blood supply to the myocardium. It is also commonly referred to as heart disease, coronary heart disease (CHD), or coronary artery disease (CAD). From 2013 to 2016, the total number of peop ...
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January 1, 2016
Ischemic heart disease (IHD) refers to the condition of inadequate blood supply to the myocardium. It is also commonly referred to as coronary heart disease or coronary artery disease. Each year about 600,000 Americans have their first myocardial infarctio ...
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January 1, 2016
Hypertension is the most commonly seen condition in adult primary care practices. It affects one in three American adults over the age of 18, with women and men being nearly equally affected [1]. Data from the Framingham Heart Study have shown that patient ...
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January 1, 2015
Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as blood pressure (BP) above goal despite adherence to at least three optimally dosed antihypertensive medications of different classes, one of which is a diuretic. Not all patients with BP that is difficult to contro ...
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