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Table 1 Target organ damage

From: Home blood pressure monitoring: a position statement from the Korean Society of Hypertension Home Blood Pressure Forum

Organ

Target organ damage

Brain

Stroke, ischemic or hemorrhagic

Transient ischemic attack

Cognitive impairment

Eye

Hypertensive retinopathy

Heart

Left ventricular hypertrophy

Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Heart failure, reduced ejection fraction or preserved ejection fraction

Kidney

Chronic kidney disease

Proteinuria/albuminuria

Blood vessel

Increased aortic stiffness a)

Aortic aneurysm

Carotid artery atherosclerosis

Peripheral artery occlusive disease b)

  1. a) Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity ≥ 18 m/sec
  2. b) Ankle-brachial index < 0.9