Hypertension - Diagnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Vascular factors and markers of inflammation in offspring with a parental history of late-onset Alzheimer disease.

30 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Alzheimer disease (AD) is a complex disorder with a strong heritable component. Amyloid pathology, vascular factors, and inflammation are postulated to be involved in its pathogenesis, but causality has not been established unequivocally. ... Read more...

Late cardiovascular complications after surgical or balloon angioplasty of coarctation of aorta in an Asian cohort.

13 Oct 2009 Late cardiovascular complications after intervention for coarctation of the aorta (CoA) might be common. Such data, especially in Asian populations, are still limited. A total of 169 patients with CoA who survived balloon (n = 41) or surgical (n = ... Read more...

Time-dependent effects of low-dose aspirin on plasma renin activity, aldosterone, cortisol, and catecholamines.

3 Oct 2009 Studies have shown that aspirin may decrease blood pressure when given at bedtime but not when administered on awakening. However, until now, a biologically plausible mechanism of this striking phenomenon was not revealed. We investigated the effect ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hypertension - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Vascular factors and markers of inflammation in offspring with a parental history of late-onset Alzheimer disease. 30 Oct 2009
• Late cardiovascular complications after surgical or balloon angioplasty of coarctation of aorta in an Asian cohort. 13 Oct 2009
• Time-dependent effects of low-dose aspirin on plasma renin activity, aldosterone, cortisol, and catecholamines. 3 Oct 2009
• Environmental mercury exposure and blood pressure among Nunavik Inuit adults. 3 Oct 2009
• Mediterranean-style diet effect on the structural properties of the erythrocyte cell membrane of hypertensive patients: the Prevencion con Dieta Mediterranea Study. 3 Oct 2009
• Hypertension correlates with lenticulostriate arteries visualized by 7T magnetic resonance angiography. 3 Oct 2009
• A novel measurement index for antihypertensive medication burden and its use. 3 Oct 2009
• The University of New Hampshire's Young Adult Health Risk Screening Initiative. 29 Sep 2009
• Impact of systemic hypertension on the diagnostic performance of B-type natriuretic peptide in patients with acute dyspnea. 29 Sep 2009
• Relation of alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease in hypertensive male physicians (from the Physicians' Health Study). 29 Sep 2009
• Long-term risk in subjects with white-coat hypertension. 26 Sep 2009
• Regression of left ventricular mass by antihypertensive treatment: a meta-analysis of randomized comparative studies. 19 Sep 2009
• Gaps in cardiovascular disease risk management in Australian general practice. 19 Sep 2009
• Low documentation of chronic kidney disease among high-risk patients in a managed care population: a retrospective cohort study. 14 Sep 2009
• Assessing cardiovascular risk factors in National Football League players. 14 Sep 2009
• Newly reported hypertension after military combat deployment in a large population-based study. 12 Sep 2009
• Newly reported hypertension after military combat deployment: research implications from a biopsychosocial perspective. 12 Sep 2009
• The choice of thiazide diuretics: why chlorthalidone may replace hydrochlorothiazide. 12 Sep 2009
• Flawed measurement of brachial tonometry for calculating aortic pressure? 12 Sep 2009
• A selective endothelin-receptor antagonist to reduce blood pressure in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. 9 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Hypertension'

Definition: Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.

Descriptor UI: D006973

Alternative terms: Hypertension; Blood Pressure, High; Blood Pressures, High; High Blood Pressure; High Blood Pressures;

Related Mesh Headings: Antihypertensive Agents; Vascular Resistance;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.907.489;

Technical Notes: not for intracranial or intraocular pressure; relation to BLOOD PRESSURE: Manuel23.27; Goldblatt kidney or Goldblatt hypertension is HYPERTENSION, GOLDBLATT see HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; hypertension with kidney disease is probably HYPERTENSION, RENAL, not HYPERTENSION; venous hypertension: index under VENOUS PRESSURE (IM) & do not coordinate with HYPERTENSION