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Hipertensión relacionada con medicamentos
Es la hipertensión causada por el uso de una sustancia química, droga o medicamento.
Ver también: hipertensión arterial
La presión arterial se determina por:
Existen varios tipos de hipertensión arterial:
Entre los fármacos que pueden provocar hipertensión se encuentran:
La hipertensión de rebote ocurre cuando la presión arterial se eleva después de que uno deja de tomar o disminuye la dosis de una droga (típicamente un medicamento antihipertensivo).
Muchos otros factores también pueden afectar la presión arterial, tales como:
Kaplan NM. Systemic hypertension: therapy. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 41.
Victor RG, Kaplan NM. Systemic hypertension: mechanisms and diagnosis. In: Libby P, Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 40.
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