A Patient with Essential Hypertension Might Have Pressures of 200/120

question 92

Multiple Choice

A patient with essential hypertension might have pressures of 200/120 mm Hg.This hypertensive state could result in all of the following changes except ________.

• A) decreased size of the heart muscle
• B) increased incidence of coronary artery disease
• C) increased work of the left ventricle
• D) increased damage to blood vessel endothelium

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