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An end organ is the last organ affected in a chain of events, for instance a disease process. | An end organ is the last organ affected in a chain of events, for instance a disease process. | ||
Examples are the liver, brain or | Examples are the liver, brain, kidney or heart, and are ultimately affected by a chronic or progressive disease or condition like diabetes or hypertension. | ||
== | == Detection == | ||
Timely detection of end organ damage and secondary diseases are | Timely detection of end organ damage and secondary diseases are the main determining factors of cardiovascular prognosis in patients suffering from arterial hypertension. | ||
* Arterial hypertensive is a risk factor for end organ damage, and can now be diagnosed early and reversed with specific and aggressive treatment. | Classical pointers for end organ damage include: | ||
* Stoke, vascular and hemorrhagic | |||
* Retinopathy | |||
* Coronary heart disease/myocardial infarction and heart failure | |||
* Proteinuria | |||
* Renal failure | |||
* Atherosclerotic change eg stenoses and aneurysms in the blood vessels.<ref>Schmieder RE. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3011179/ End organ damage in hypertension.] Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. 2010 Dec;107(49):866.Available:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3011179/ (accessed 9.5.2024)</ref> | |||
== Risk Factors == | |||
Many and varied and include: | |||
# Arterial hypertensive is a risk factor for end organ damage, and can now be diagnosed early and reversed with specific and aggressive treatment. | |||
# Obesity is a risk factor for development of target organ damage, due to development of hypertension, and needs adressing early for prevention of such. | |||
# Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with target organ damage | |||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
An end organ is the last organ affected in a chain of events, for instance a disease process.
Examples are the liver, brain, kidney or heart, and are ultimately affected by a chronic or progressive disease or condition like diabetes or hypertension.
Detection[edit | edit source]
Timely detection of end organ damage and secondary diseases are the main determining factors of cardiovascular prognosis in patients suffering from arterial hypertension.
Classical pointers for end organ damage include:
- Stoke, vascular and hemorrhagic
- Retinopathy
- Coronary heart disease/myocardial infarction and heart failure
- Proteinuria
- Renal failure
- Atherosclerotic change eg stenoses and aneurysms in the blood vessels.[1]
Risk Factors[edit | edit source]
Many and varied and include:
- Arterial hypertensive is a risk factor for end organ damage, and can now be diagnosed early and reversed with specific and aggressive treatment.
- Obesity is a risk factor for development of target organ damage, due to development of hypertension, and needs adressing early for prevention of such.
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with target organ damage
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- ↑ Schmieder RE. End organ damage in hypertension. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. 2010 Dec;107(49):866.Available:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3011179/ (accessed 9.5.2024)
