Volume 69 Number 5 October 2002	back to contents

Grand Rounds Interesting Clinical Case Studies Involving Secondary Causes of Hypertension	305-311
Joseph A. Diamond, M.D.

From the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

Address correspondence to Joseph A. Diamond, M.D., Director of Nuclear Cardiology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Harris Chasanoff Heart Institute, 270-05 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040.

Adapted from a Grand Rounds presentation to the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY on April 9, 2001 and updated February 22, 2002.

ABSTRACT

While essential hypertension is very prevalent, secondary hypertension does occur in clinical practice with sufficient frequency to warrant special attention being given to those patients with severe hypertension who do not respond to standard treatments. The evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of secondary hypertension pose interesting challenges to the physician. In this article, three patients are described with different secondary causes of hypertension.

KEYWORDS

Hypertension, pheochromocytoma, hyperaldosteronism, renal artery stenosis.

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