Cardiovascular · UKMLA & AKT
Hypertension (essential or secondary)
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Hypertension = persistently elevated BP increasing risk of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and renal end-organ damage
- Diagnosis must be confirmed with ABPM (preferred) or HBPM - never from a single clinic reading alone
- White coat hypertension - elevated clinic BP, normal ABPM/HBPM; not benign but no antihypertensive medication required
- Masked hypertension - normal clinic BP, elevated ABPM; carries similar risk to sustained hypertension - easy to miss
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