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Hypertension

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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.  not for intracranial or intraocular pressure; relation to BLOOD PRESSURE: Manual 23.27; Goldblatt kidney is HYPERTENSION, GOLDBLATT see HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; hypertension with kidney disease is probably HYPERTENSION, RENAL, not HYPERTENSION; venous   
See Also Antihypertensive Agents; Vascular Resistance
Examples Hypertension, Malignant; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced; Hypertension, Renal; Hypertensive Retinopathy; Masked Hypertension; White Coat Hypertension 		Other names Blood Pressure, High; High Blood Pressures; High Blood Pressure; Blood Pressures, High
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Tribenzor  0   *Hydrochlorothiazide *Imidazoles *Tetrazoles *Amlodipine Drug Combinations Hypertension/drug therapy. Med Lett Drugs Ther. 2010 Sep 6;52(1346):70-1TRIBENZOR; OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE
telmisartan amlodipine combination  0   *Benzimidazoles *Benzoates *Amlodipine Drug Combinations Hypertension/drug therapy Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers. JAAPA. 2010 Jan;23(1):14TWYNSTA
Adams Nance syndrome  0   *Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors *Cataract *Hypertension *Microphthalmos *Seizures *Tachycardia, Paroxysmal.
Kallikrein hypertension  0   *Hypertension.
Brachydactyly with hypertension  0   *Hypertension/congenital *Brachydactyly.
Faye-Petersen Ward Carey syndrome  0   *Hypertension *Osteochondrodysplasias *Agenesis of Corpus Callosum.
HAP protein, rat  0   *Blood Proteins Hypertension.
olmesartan  0   *Imidazoles *Tetrazoles Hypertension/drug therapy.
Pharma Action Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers 		J Clin Pharmacol 2001 May;41(5):515-27
vasopressinase-altered vasopressin  84953-75-3   *Vasopressins Hypertension. Am J Perinatol 1993 Mar;10(2):160-3
HAP protein, human  0   *Blood Proteins Hypertension. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1983 Mar 29;111(3):1015-21; Hypertension 1983;5(1):128

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