Outcomes: - define the different types of hypertension - identify and understand potential mechanism of action of risk factors associated with essential hypertension - identify and understand the mechanism of action of the causes of secondary hypertension - identify and understand the mechanism of action of the major pharmaceutical and life style modifications for the treatment of hypertension

- Overview - Major factors in pathogenesis - Lipid metabolism (lipid biochemistry; lipoproteins; control mechanisms: cholesterol) - Pathogenesis - Risk modification

PHSI3012 07-1 Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis

PHSI3012 08-1 Cardiac Ischaemia (T2L5)

PHSI3012 08-2 Cardiac Failure (T2L6)

PHSI3012 09-1 Atherothrombosis (T2L7) Outline: - Atherothrombosis and its clinical manifestations - Platelet biology and blood clot development - Antithrombotic strategies to combat atherothrombosis

PHSI3012 09-2 Vascular Inflammation (T2L8)