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