7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial Hypertension: Chapter 1 - Concept, Epidemiology and Primary Prevention

TLDR: Concept Arterial hypertension is a multifactorial clinical condition characterized by sustained elevation of blood pressure levels ≥ 140 and/or 90 mm Hg and is independently associated with events such as sudden death, stroke, acute myocardial infarction and fatal and non-fatal chronic kidney disease.

Abstract: Concept Arterial hypertension (AH) is a multifactorial clinical condition characterized by sustained elevation of blood pressure (BP) levels ≥ 140 and/or 90 mm Hg. It is often associated with metabolic disorders, functional and/or structural changes in target organs, being worsened by the presence of other risk factors (RF), such as dyslipidemia, abdominal obesity, glucose intolerance and diabetes mellitus (DM).1,2 It is independently associated with events such as sudden death, stroke, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure (HF), peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and fatal and non-fatal chronic kidney disease (CKD).1-4