Diagnostics:- Look at EKG arrythmias or dysrhymias, UA looking for kidney disease (proteinuria albimin in urine), Chest
X-ray looking for cardiac enlargment, ventricular hypertrophy, Chem panel checking electrolytes, BUN and creatinine levels, Lipdi panel, TSH thyroid stimulation hormone checking the function of the thyroid gland because has been a connection between hyperthyriodism and hypertension.