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unusual facts about hypertension



Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome

Comorbidities in this study included malignant hypertension (30%), TMA with a history of transplant (23%), TMA associated with pregnancy (21%), glomerulopathy (17%), systemic disease such as SLE or PSS (6%), and malignancy (1%).

Biafra

In 2010, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and University of Nigeria, Nsukka, showed that Igbos born in Biafra during the years of the famine were of higher risk of suffering from overweight, hypertension and impaired glucose metabolism compared to controls born a short period after the famine had ended.

Black Zero

3 #61 as part of the '"Hypertension" storyline and was created by Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett.

C14H12ClNO2

Cicletanine, a furopyridine low-ceiling diuretic drug, usually used in the treatment of hypertension

Cerebral hypoxia

Hypothermia therapy for neonatal encephalopathy is the only evidence-supported therapy, but anti-oxidant drugs, control of blood glucose levels, and hemodilution (thinning of the blood) coupled with drug-induced hypertension are some treatment techniques currently under investigation.

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 11β-hydroxylase deficiency

Mineralocorticoid manifestations of severe 11β-hydroxylase deficient CAH can be biphasic, changing from deficiency (salt-wasting) in early infancy to excess (hypertension) in childhood and adult life.

DASH diet

The diet reduced systolic blood pressure by 6 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 3 mm Hg in patients with high normal blood pressure, now called "pre-hypertension."

Eduardo Krieger

Having made himself noted for his brilliance and dedication, young Eduardo was invited to work on experimental hypertension with Prof. Eduardo Braun-Menéndez in Porto Alegre and Buenos Aires, at the famous Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental created by Houssay.

Edward D. Freis

Edward D. Freis (May 13, 1912 – February 1, 2005) was an American physician and researcher, who received the Albert Lasker Award for his studies of the treatment of hypertension.

Experimental Physiology

The journal publishes themed special issues - including recent issues on optogenetics, neurogenic hypertension, and the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç

Özgüvenç took part in a special friendly footbal game of mixed gender held on May 17, 2011 in the BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul that was played on the "World Hypertension Day" in order to increase the awareness of hypertension.

Jonathan L. Halperin

Current federal appointments include the U.S Food and Drug Administration’s Cardiovascular and Renal Advisory Committee, and the Data Safety Monitoring Board for the Clinical Trial of Aspirin and Simvastatin in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for the National Institutes of Health.

Labetalol

Labetalol (Normodyne, Trandate) is a mixed alpha/beta adrenergic antagonist, which is used to treat high blood pressure.

Nicardipine

Nicardipine is a dihydropyridine calcium-channel blocking agent used for the treatment of vascular disorders such as chronic stable angina, hypertension, and Raynaud's phenomenon.

Papilledema

Brain tumor, Pseudotumor Cerebri (also known as Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension), Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis or Intracerebral hemorrhage

Paul Westfield

During the "Hypertension" story arc of the Superboy series, a Superboy from another Hypertime reality was grown to full age to become Superman, but later became Black Zero in the midst of anti-clone sentiment.

Renal failure

The APOL1 gene has been proposed as a major genetic risk locus for a spectrum of nondiabetic renal failure in individuals of African origin, these include HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN), primary nonmonogenic forms of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, and hypertension affiliated chronic kidney disease not attributed to other etiologies.

Staunton Military Academy

W. Duke Myers (1960) Centennial First Captain and first cadet full colonel at Staunton Military Academy; Lt. Colonel, United States Army; Nephrologist; Fellow of American College of Physicians (FACP), Fellow of American Society of Nephrology (FASN), Founding member of the Texas Chapter of American Society of Hypertension; Voted outstanding Clinical Professor of Medicine at Texas Tech University


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