Case Study #4A 35-year-old man presents with a blood pressure of 150/95 mm Hg. He has been generallyhealthy, is sedentary, drinks several cocktails per day, and does not smoke cigarettes. He has a familyhistory of hypertension, and his father died of MI at age 55. Physical examination is remarkable only formoderate obesity. Total cholesterol is 220 and high-density-lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level is 40mg/dL. Fasting glucose is 105 mg/dL. Chest x-ray is normal. Electrocardiogram shows left ventricularenlargement.Questions:1. What disease condition of the heart does the case presented?2. Are the laboratory values normal?3. How would you treat this patient?

The disease is the deviation from the normal. It can be caused by many factors including…

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