Episode 38. Hypertension with Dr Minz Che
Based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics National Health Survey data about one in three people over the age of 18 living in Australia have hypertension or were taking blood pressure lowering medications. A staggering number requiring therapy for a condition which impacts on cerebrovascular disease, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, heart failure and mortality.
The National Heart Foundation guidelines are available for careful perusal, but to walk us through an intelligent approach to management of systemic hypertension we are joined by expert general physician Dr Minz Cheah who will discuss:
· Blood pressure targets
· Primary prevention
· Choice of hypotensive agent
This was an interesting conversation with Minz on a very important subject and I am happy to bring the episode to you.
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Dr Luke Crantock MBBS, FRACP, is a gastroenterologist in practice for over 25 years. He is the founder of The Centre for GI Health, based in Melbourne Australia and is passionate about educating General Practitioners and patients on disease prevention and how to manage and improve their digestive hea