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•Introduction to Hypertension This lecture covers clinical hypertension, emphasizing the importance of engagement through likes, comments, subscriptions, and visiting our website for resources like merchandise, Step One and Two courses, notes, and illustrations. •Types of Hypertension Hypertension divides into essential (primary, ~90%) and secondary (~10%). While exams focus on these, most patients have essential hypertension. •Causes of Essential Hypertension Its cause remains unclear but involves vessel wall thickening in older adults, reducing lumen size and increasing systemic resistance, raising blood pressure. •Thick-Walled Vessels and Resistance Vessel wall thickening and vasoconstriction from sympathetic activation decrease lumen diameter, elevating resistance and BP. •Impact of Vessel Wall Thickness Both vessel wall thickening and vasoconstriction increase systemic vascular resistance, key in hypertension development. •Stimuli for Vasoconstriction Aging, smoking, diabetes, stress, and obesity promote vasoconstriction; obesity releases cytokines that enhance wall thickening and constriction. •Dietary and Genetic Factors High sodium impairs renal excretio...