Hypertension
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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...

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...

Risk factors for heart failure: a population-based case-control study.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The relative contribution of risk factors to the development of heart failure remains controversial. Further, whether these contributions have changed over time or differ by sex is unclear. Few population-based studies have been ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hypertension'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Clinical problem-solving. A bloody mystery. 3 Nov 2009
• Relationship between alcohol consumption and total mortality in hypertensive women. 30 Oct 2009
• Alcohol consumption and morning rise in blood pressure in men from a population-based study. 30 Oct 2009
• 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
• Vascular factors and markers of inflammation in offspring with a parental history of late-onset Alzheimer disease. 30 Oct 2009
• Risk factors for heart failure: a population-based case-control study. 30 Oct 2009
• Extraordinary hypertension after a lunar mission. 30 Oct 2009
• When drugs disappear from the patient: elimination of intravenous medication by hemodiafiltration. 30 Oct 2009
• Stress and nutrition among African American women with hypertension. 30 Oct 2009
• The potency of team-based care interventions for hypertension: a meta-analysis. 24 Oct 2009
• Suggestive linkage detected for blood pressure related traits on 2q and 22q in the population on the Samoan islands. 21 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
• [68-year-old patient with syncope caused by climbing stairs] 19 Oct 2009
• Characteristics of children enrolled in treatment trials for NF1-related plexiform neurofibromas. 18 Oct 2009
• Late cardiovascular complications after surgical or balloon angioplasty of coarctation of aorta in an Asian cohort. 13 Oct 2009
• The editor's roundtable: prehypertension. 13 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
• Trends in medication use among US adults with diabetes mellitus: glycemic control at the expense of controlling cardiovascular risk factors. 10 Oct 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