Diagnostics and treatment of arterial hypertension in young girls
Arterial hypertension (AH) remains one of the most prevalent cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Often the reasons of AH and other risk factors of CVD and target organ injury, form in adolescence and young age. Consequently, early diagnostics and treatment of AH in adolescent has a great importance, especially in consideration of the features of pubescence and organism forming in boys and girls. At present, criteria, classification and tactics of treatment adolescents with AH in Russian regulate in this guidelines «Recommendation on diagnostics, treatment and prophylaxis of AH in children and adolescents» (2003) created by experts of Society of Cardiology of the Russian Federation and Association of Russian Pediatric Cardiology.