Hypertension

Do you know the risk factors and symptoms associated with pheochromocytoma? Test your knowledge with this pop quiz series and find out!

In part 5 of our “Test Your Knowledge” series, Michael Bloch, MD, asks you to review the patient vignette and choose the best course of action in terms of pharmacological therapy.

In part 1 of our “Test Your Knowledge” series, Michael Bloch, MD, asks you to pick the patient vignette that best defines resistant hypertension as defined by the ACC/AHA.

Lowering blood pressure before starting pharmacological therapy is important for patients with hypertension. What target should these patients meet before initiating therapy?

In this “Test Your Knowledge” quiz series, Michael J. Bloch, MD, asks what is considered the most widely accepted definition of normal pulmonary arterial pressure.

In this “Test Your Knowledge” quiz series, Michael J. Bloch, MD, outlines a patient case of pulmonary arterial hypertension and asks you to classify the patient based on World Health Organization...

In this “Test Your Knowledge” quiz series, Michael J. Bloch, MD, asks which test makes the most definitive diagnosis of PAH.

John is a 40-year-old man who has struggled for many years to maintain a healthy blood pressure.

In patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, which of the following characteristics are associated with significantly higher risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension?

In part 4 of our “Test Your Knowledge” series, Michael Bloch, MD, asks you to review the patient vignette and choose the best course of action in terms of pharmacological therapy.