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Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a serious problem in the United States, affecting 73 million people, according to the American Heart Association. The disease is known as the "silent killer" because many people do not experience any… More »
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Alternate Name(s): <p>High blood pressure</p> ... Hypertension means high blood pressure. This generally means: Systolic blood pressure is consistently over 140 (systolic is the "top" number of your blood pressure measurement, which represents the pressure generated when the heart beats) ...
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Hypertension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hypertension is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure is elevated. It is also referred to as high blood pressure or shortened to HT , HTN or HPN . The word "hypertension", b...
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High blood pressure affects I in 4 American adults. Find in-depth high blood pressure and hypertension information including its causes, symptoms, and treatments. ... One of the most dangerous aspects of hypertension is that you may not know that you have it. There are generally no symptoms of high blood pressure,
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Hypertension/High Blood Pressure Health Center ... High blood pressure, also called hypertension, is dangerous because it makes the heart work harder to pump blood to the body and it contributes to hardening of the arteries or atherosclerosis and the development of heart failure...
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High blood pressure (HBP) or hypertension means high pressure (tension) in the arteries. Arteries are vessels that carry blood from the pumping heart to all the tissues and organs of the body.
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Plasticity of GABAergic Mechanisms Within the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Hypertension. Full Text | PDF ... PUBLISH AHEAD OF PRINT - ; HYPERTENSION ONLINE FIRST ... Dietary Phosphorus, Blood Pressure, and Incidence of Hypertension in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis ;
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