One cannot underestimate the importance of hypertension across the breadth of clinical medicine. Hypertension affects 20% of the population and the risk of developing hypertension increases with age... Read More
High blood pressure (BP) or hypertension is a key factor in the development of atherosclerosis, the main cause of vascular and cerebrovascular diseases: ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction... Read More
Resistant hypertension is defined as blood pressure that remains above goal in spite of the concurrent use of three antihypertensive agents of different classes, including one diuretic, prescribed... Read More
Early years Donald Sharp Fredrickson was born in Canon City, Colorado, in 1924 to an attorney father. He commenced undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado, and subsequently transferred... Read More
Inguinal hernia repair is one of the most common procedures performed by the general surgeon. In the United States alone, approximately 750 000 inguinal, 25 000 femoral, and 166 000 umbilical... Read More