INCIDENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN PUERTO RICO
Authors: R M SUAREZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Article1 August 1950INCIDENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN PUERTO RICORAMÓN M. SUÁREZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.RAMÓN M. SUÁREZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-2-346 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDespite the fact that arterial hypertension is the most important cause of death from heart disease, and despite the intensive investigation and research on the subject, the nature and pathogenesis of the condition remain, in most cases, obscure. Its definite relationship to arteriosclerosis in general, and to heart disease in particular, also remains a matter of great concern for all clinicians.We are referring, of course, to the so-called essential hypertension in both its benign and malignant forms.When we refer to hypertension secondary to a known factor, the problem is, superficially, not so difficult. But even in this group...Bibliography1. Sinclair HM: The assessment of human nutriture, Vitamins and Hormones 6: 101, 1948. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. A comparison of technics of dietary study, Nutr. Rev. 7: 151, 1949. Google Scholar3. RobertStefani LJRL: Patterns of living in Puerto Rican families, 1949, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, P. R. Google Scholar4. DescartesDiaz PachecoNoguera SLSJR: Food consumption studies in Puerto Rico, Bull. No. 59, Agric. Exper. Sta., Rio Piedras, P. R., 1941. Google Scholar5. HansonPérez ACMA: Income and expenditures of wage earners in Puerto Rico, Govt. of P. R., Dept. of Labor. Bull. No. 1, 1947. Google Scholar6. HillNoguera EBJR: The food supply of Puerto Rico, Bull. 55, Agric. Exper. Sta., Rio Piedras, P. R., 1940. Google Scholar7. Serra G: Personal communication. Google Scholar8. CookAxtmayerDalmau DHJHLM: Nutritional studies of foodstuffs used in the P. R. dietary, P. R. J. Pub. Health and Trop. Med. 16: 3, 1940. Google Scholar9. Rodriguez MolinaSuárez RRM: Estudio de tensión arterial en Puerto Rico, Bol. As. Med. de P. R. 22: 178, 1930. Google Scholar10. Chávez I: Incidence of heart disease in Mexico. Study of 2,400 cases of organic heart disease, Am. Heart J. 24: 88, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. Cossio P: Heart disease in Argentina (Lervis A. Conner Lecture), Am. Heart J. 25: 145, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. White PD: Personal communication. Google Scholar13. Pardee HD: Personal communication. Google Scholar14. Porter WB: Personal communication. Google Scholar15. Musser JH: Personal communication. Google Scholar16. Perera GA: Diagnosis and natural history of hypertensive vascular disease, Am. J. Med. 4: 416, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: San Juan, P. R.*Presented at the Thirty-first Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Boston, Mass., April 18, 1950. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHypertonieHypertonie 1 August 1950Volume 33, Issue 2Page: 346-353KeywordsCardiovascular therapyHypertensionPathogenesisSecondary hypertension ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...