BA04

Secondary hypertension

Hipertensão secundária

Category

Definition

Defined through the measurement of the blood pressure using cuff method with a sitting systolic blood pressure above 140 mmHg or a sitting diastolic blood pressure above 90 mmHg in three consequent measurements with an identifiable cause.

Exclusions

  • involving vessels of brain
  • involving vessels of eye

Subcategories (3)