CARDIOVASCULAR CAUSES OF SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION

Abstract

The article reviews the clinical presentation, treatment, and mechanism of hypertension associated with the various cardiovascular abnormalities associated with the development of hypertension in childhood. Special emphasis is given to coarctation of the aorta because it is the major cardiovascular cause of secondary hypertension in childhood.

Keywords

• systemic hypertension
• cardiovascular causes
• coao
• childhood