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Arterial hypertension is one of the most frequent causes of doctor’s office visits in the United States and in the Western countries. Because the assessment of the hypertensive patient may vary from a simple clinical examination that focuses on the cardiovascular status of the patient to an extensive multisystem evaluation that involves expensive invasive procedures, it is important to understand the rationale behind the various laboratory procedures before ordering them.
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Vagaonescu, T., Phillips, R.A. (2001). Initial Routine Tests for Diagnosis and Risk Stratification of the Patient with Hypertension. In: Weber, M.A. (eds) Hypertension Medicine. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-008-7_12
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