Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2018.239

Unique Characteristics of Hypertension in Women and Association with to Target Organ Damage

Ingrid Prkačin orcid.org/0000-0002-5830-7131 ; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia; University Hospital «Merkur», Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Lovrić Benčić orcid.org/0000-0001-8446-6120 ; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Domagoj Marković orcid.org/0000-0002-9432-6882 ; University Hospital Centre Split, Split, Croatia

Abstract

Traditional cardiovascular risk factors for target organ damage are the same in both women and men and include hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and atrial fibrillation. There are several risk factors that are specific to women, such as differences in sex hormones,
exogenous estrogens, and pregnancy. Further investigation into the sex-specific differences in therapeutic utilization and the sex-specific differences in the safety and efficacy of the therapeutic options is required.

Keywords

women; risk factors; hypertension

Hrčak ID:

203986

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/203986

Publication date:

23.7.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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