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Bhakta HTN terms
Question | Answer |
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AAA | Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm |
ABPM | Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring |
ACC/AHA | American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association |
ACEI | Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor |
ADHF | Acute Decompensated Heart Failure |
ALLHAT | Antihypertensive and Lipid‐Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial |
ARB | Angiotensin Receptor Blocker |
BMI | Body Mass Index |
BP | Blood Pressure |
BPH | Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia |
CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
CCB | Calcium Channel Blocker |
CHF | Chronic Heart Failure |
CKD | Chronic Kidney Disease (GFR < 60ml/min/1 |
CO/CI | Cardiac Output/Cardiac Index |
CrCl | Creatinine Clearance |
CV | Cardiovascular |
CVD | Cardiovascular Disease |
DASH | Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension |
DBP | Diastolic Blood Pressure |
DHP CCB | Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker |
DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
ECG/EKG | Electrocardiogram |
ECF | Extracellular Fluid |
EPI | Epinephrine |
FLP | Fasting Lipid Profile |
GFR | Glomerular Filtration Rate |
HDL | High density lipoprotein cholesterol |
HR | Heart Rate |
HTN | Hypertension |
ISH | Isolated Systolic Hypertension |
JNC 7 | The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of |
High Blood Pressure | |
LDL | Low density lipoprotein cholesterol |
LVH | Left Ventricular Hypertrophy |
MAP | Mean Arterial Pressure |
MI | Myocardial Infarction = heart attack |
NDHP CCB | Non Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blocker |
NE | Norepinephrine |
NKF | National Kidney Foundation |
NKF‐ADA | National Kidney Foundation‐American Diabetes Association |
NSAIDs | Non steroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (ibuprofen, naproxen, etc |
NE | Norepinephrine |
PAD | Peripheral Artery Disease |
PROGRESS | Peridopril Protection against Recurrent Stroke Study |
RAAS | Renal Angiotensin Aldosterone System |
RAS | Renal Artery Stenosis |
SNS | Sympathetic Nervous System |
SBP | Systolic Blood Pressure |
SLE | Systemic Lupus Erythematosus |
SV | Stroke Volume |
SVR | Systemic Vascular Resistance |
TC | Total Cholesterol |
TD | Transdermal |
TG | Triglycerides |
TIA | Transient Ischemic Attack |
TPR | Total Peripheral Resistance |