Hypertension - Drug therapy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The obligatory role of the kidney in long-term arterial blood pressure control: extending Guyton's model of the circulation.

30 Oct 2009 We describe a model for the essential role of the kidney in long-term blood pressure regulation. We begin with a simple hydraulic model for the circulation, with a constant circulating volume. We show, with the help of a modification of Guyton's ... Read more...

The potency of team-based care interventions for hypertension: a meta-analysis.

24 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Team-based care is the strategy that has had the greatest effect on improving blood pressure (BP). The purpose of this systematic review was to determine the potency of interventions for BP involving nurses or pharmacists. METHODS: A ... Read more...

Strict blood-pressure control and progression of renal failure in children.

20 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Although inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system delays the progression of renal failure in adults with chronic kidney disease, the blood-pressure target for optimal renal protection is controversial. We assessed the long-term ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hypertension - Drug therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The obligatory role of the kidney in long-term arterial blood pressure control: extending Guyton's model of the circulation. 30 Oct 2009
• Perioperative strokes and beta-blockade. 30 Oct 2009
• The potency of team-based care interventions for hypertension: a meta-analysis. 24 Oct 2009
• Blood-pressure control and delay in progression of kidney disease in children. 20 Oct 2009
• Strict blood-pressure control and progression of renal failure in children. 20 Oct 2009
• Mitral E wave deceleration time to peak E velocity ratio and cardiovascular outcome in hypertensive patients during antihypertensive treatment (from the LIFE echo-substudy). 13 Oct 2009
• Global disturbances in autonomic function yield cardiovascular instability and hypertension in the chromogranin a null mouse. 7 Oct 2009
• Adherence to antihypertensive medications and cardiovascular morbidity among newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. 3 Oct 2009
• Impact of nonadherence to antihypertensive therapy. 3 Oct 2009
• Time-dependent effects of low-dose aspirin on plasma renin activity, aldosterone, cortisol, and catecholamines. 3 Oct 2009
• A novel measurement index for antihypertensive medication burden and its use. 3 Oct 2009
• Quinaprilat: a review of its pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, toxicological data and clinical application. 29 Sep 2009
• Clinical experience in treating hypertension with fixed-dose combination therapy: angiotensin II receptor blocker losartan plus hydrochlorothiazide. 29 Sep 2009
• Blood pressure as a prognostic factor after acute stroke. 29 Sep 2009
• Lack of association between ACE and bradykinin B2 receptor gene polymorphisms and ACE inhibitor-induced coughing in hypertensive Koreans. 29 Sep 2009
• Angiotensin receptor blockers: role in hypertension management, cardiovascular risk reduction, and nephropathy. 29 Sep 2009
• Jacques de Champlain, Md, PhD, FAHA, 1938-2009. 29 Sep 2009
• Practice patterns, outcomes, and end-organ dysfunction for patients with acute severe hypertension: the Studying the Treatment of Acute hyperTension (STAT) registry. 29 Sep 2009
• Effect of recombinant placental growth factor 2 on hypertension induced by full-length mouse soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 adenoviral vector in pregnant mice. 26 Sep 2009
• Inhibition of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid synthesis using specific plant lignans: in vitro and human studies. 26 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