[Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder].

Patients with arterial hypertension (AH) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are currently a little-known category of patients among practicing physicians. The incidence of the combination of AH and PTSD in the general population and among cardiac patients is clearly underestimated, and their mutual influence, features of the development and course, and the choice of drug treatment are insufficiently covered in the Russian medical literature. This article presents a review focusing on the clinical characteristics of the development and course of AH in patients with PTSD and approaches to the management of such patients based on an analysis of the eLibrary.ru and PubMed databases. The following keywords were used in the literature search: arterial hypertension, post-traumatic stress disorder, cardiovascular disease, pathogenesis, treatment. A total of 200 full-text literature sources were found, 60 of the most relevant sources were used to compile the review.