SUSPICION OF SECONDARY HYPERTENSION

HYPERTENSION
CHARACTERISTICS

ONSET

HX AND CLINICAL
CLUES

Age of onset after 75 yrs

Age of onset
before 40 yrs

Abrupt worsening of previously well-controlled HTN

End organ damage disproportionate to degree of HTN

Resistant
HTN

Hypertensive Urgency or Emergency

ASSOCIATED SX

FAMILY HX

DRUG HX

Early onset HTN

Stroke <40yrs

1° aldosteronism

Sleep Apnoea

Paroxysmal HTN

Abdominal Bruit

Hypokalemia

Episodes of
catecholamine excess