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Bhakta HTN terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |