Clinical guideline for diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure

Hypertension is a disease with numerous etiologies which consequences led to systemic vascular damage leading to other cardio-vascular diseases increasing morbi-morbility. Clinically it goes through a prolonged asymptomatic phase that prevents early diagnosis. Today, a high prevalence is reported in our country so that it is considered a public health issue. The purpose of this guide is to be a useful tool to be used to define the Arterial Hypertension or high blood pressure concept, its epidemiology, prevalence, classification and, according to these concepts, in order to establish a proper treatment program emphasizing the preventive side of the disease in primary care units.