Hypertensive Heart Disease: Self-Assessment Questions

Below are the self-assessment questions for the videos on Hypertensive Heart Disease (Parts 1&2).

1. What is the main cause of hypertensive heart disease (HHD)?
2. What are the two main physiological changes as a consequence of HHD (Hint: think heart physiology)?
3. Why would HHD lead to left ventricular hypertrophy in particular? 
4. Which of the following explanations best describes how exercise relates to HHD?
   • Exercise leads to HHD since HHD is the result of any blood pressure elevation
   • Exercise does not lead to HHD since it never increases blood pressure
   • Exercise leads to HHD since the heart undergoes the same compensatory mechanisms for the increased pump force loads
   • Exercise does not lead to HHD, even though it temporarily increases blood pressure, because heart rate increases.

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