WORLD HYPERTENSION DAY

The Medical Director of the Cardiology Clinic at the UKL-HD, Prof. Dr. med. Norbert Frey, explains in this podcast why, in the fight against high blood pressure, the best individual result for the patient (m/f/d) is achieved through trusting cooperation between the cardiology and nephrology disciplines.

Prof. Dr. med. Christian Erbel, Senior Physician at the Cardiology Clinic at the UKL-HD, illustrates what we can do if blood pressure cannot be brought into the normal range through lifestyle changes, weight reduction and medication. In his article, he presents the possibilities of minimally invasive treatment of high blood pressure.

In this podcast, Dr. Nicolas Geis, senior physician in charge of the outpatient clinic of the Cardiology Clinic at the UKL-HD, reports on the far-reaching catastrophic consequences of prolonged high blood pressure: from strokes, heart attacks and shrunken kidneys to blindness. As a cardiologist, he explains the resulting damage very vividly using the example of the heart, emphasizing that as a consequence of the complete penetration of the entire body with blood vessels, the whole body can also be damaged. The good news is that correctly adjusted blood pressure prolongs life by an average of 2.5 years.