Hypertensive heart disease is any of a number of complications of arterial hypertension that affects the heart.

[edit] Symptoms

• Fatigue
• Irregular pulse
• Swelling of feet
• Weight gain
• Nausea
• Shortness of breath
• Difficulty sleeping flat in bed
• Bloating
• Greater need to urinate at night

[edit] Conditions (potential complications)

• Left ventricular hypertrophy
• Coronary heart disease
• Congestive heart failure
• Hypertensive cardiomyopathy
• Cardiac arrhythmias

[edit] Epidemiology

Disability-adjusted life year for hypertensive heart disease per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.^[1]

     no data      less than 110      110-220      220-330      330-440      440-550      550-660      660-770      770-880      880-990      990-1100      1100-1600      more than 1600

[edit] References

1. ^ "WHO Disease and injury country estimates". World Health Organization. 2009. http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/estimates_country/en/index.html. Retrieved Nov. 11, 2009. 

[edit] External links

• MedlinePlus Encyclopedia Hypertensive heart disease
• Hypertensive Heart Disease at eMedicine
• Lip GY, Felmeden DC, Li-Saw-Hee FL, Beevers DG (Oct 2000). "Hypertensive heart disease. A complex syndrome or a hypertensive 'cardiomyopathy'?". Eur Heart J. 21 (20): 1653–65. doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2339. PMID 11032692. 

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