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Hypertension - Psychology
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Definition of 'Hypertension'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. Common names: Hypertension; Blood Pressure, High; Blood Pressures, High; High Blood Pressure; High Blood Pressures |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
3 Oct 2009 
BACKGROUND: Nonadherence to antihypertensive treatment is a common problem in cardiovascular prevention and may influence prognosis. We explored predictors of adherence to antihypertensive treatment and the association of adherence with acute ... Read more...
Chronic aortic denervation decreases anxiety and impairs social memory in rats.
10 Sep 2009 AIMS: The present study investigates anxiety-like behaviour and social cognitive performance in rats with chronic aortic denervation. MAIN METHODS: The aortic depressor nerve was bilaterally transected in Wistar rats, causing an almost complete ... Read more...
15 Jun 2009 
BACKGROUND: The health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of hypertensives may be influenced by blood pressure, adverse effects of drugs used to treat hypertension, or other factors, such as the labelling effect, or beliefs and attitudes about illness ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Hypertension - Psychology'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Adherence to antihypertensive medications and cardiovascular morbidity among newly diagnosed hypertensive patients. 3 Oct 2009
- Impact of nonadherence to antihypertensive therapy.
3 Oct 2009 - Long-term risk in subjects with white-coat hypertension. 26 Sep 2009
- Newly reported hypertension after military combat deployment: research implications from a biopsychosocial perspective. 12 Sep 2009
- Chronic aortic denervation decreases anxiety and impairs social memory in rats. 10 Sep 2009
- Evaluation of cognitive impairment attributable to microvascular damage. 30 Jul 2009
- No easy answers. 29 Jun 2009
- Profile and predictor of health-related quality of life among hypertensive patients in south-western Nigeria. 15 Jun 2009
- Marital status, gender and cardiovascular mortality: behavioural, psychological distress and metabolic explanations. 4 Jun 2009
- Psychological distress associated with self-reported high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol in U.S. adults, 2007. 30 May 2009
- The heart frequency and its variability in hypertensive patients considering A/B type of behaviour and eight basic emotions and levels of anger expression. 30 May 2009
- Shortened conditioned eyeblink response latency in male but not female Wistar-Kyoto hyperactive rats. 30 May 2009
- Psychosocial factors and racial differences in blood pressure dipping. 30 May 2009
- Hypertension in young people. Investigations in young people. 4 May 2009
- A man with high blood pressure. 4 May 2009
- Hypertension and cognitive function. 29 Apr 2009
- Relationship of early life stress and psychological functioning to blood pressure in the CARDIA study. 29 Apr 2009
- Effects of angiotensin II receptor blockers on relationships between 24-hour blood pressure, autonomic function, and health-related QOL. 29 Apr 2009
- Strategies for implementing and sustaining therapeutic lifestyle changes as part of hypertension management in African Americans. 29 Apr 2009
- [Possibilities of telemedicine in arterial hypertension] 13 Apr 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