Syndrome of arterial hypertension

Arterial Hypertension is the leading risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases. AH is commonly understood as a chronically occurring disease in which an increase in blood pressure is not associated with the identification of obvious causes leading to the development of secondary forms of hypertension. AH prevails among all forms of hypertension; its prevalence is over 90%. Сardiovascular diseases and cerebrovascular disease, presented in official statistics as diseases of the circulatory system, are the leading causes of mortality in the Russian Federation, their share of the total number of deaths from all causes accounts for 48% of deaths. In the Russian population, the prevalence of hypertension among men is slightly higher, in some regions it reaches 47%, among women the prevalence of hypertension is about 40% [1]. According to experts, by 2025 the number of people with hypertension will increase by 15-20%, reaching about 1.5 billion people. This article is devoted to the etiology, pathogenesis, classification, diagnosis, approaches to the treatment of hypertension.