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Top 100 Diseases USMLE
Hypertension is a common disorder defined by sustained elevated blood pressure over 160/90 mmHg requiring three successive readings for diagnosis. Risk factors and causes, long-term risks of uncontrolled hypertension, and drug treatments should be learned. Ischemic heart disease is caused by reduced blood flow to the heart and presents as stable angina, unstable angina, heart attack, or sudden cardiac death, mainly caused by atherosclerosis. Pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, cardiac risk factors, diagnosing and managing heart attacks, and long-term interventions and drugs for ischemic heart disease should be learned. Heart failure is the inability of the heart to pump sufficiently, with common causes being hypertension, heart attacks, and cardiomyopathy.
