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Hypertension, How common is hypertension? In the UK, hypertension is the third biggest risk factor for premature death and disability, after smoking and diet. [ 1 ] In 2...
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, What is idiopathic intracranial hypertension? Intracranial hypertension means raised pressure inside the skull and around the brain....
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), High blood pressure (hypertension) happens when the force on the walls of blood vessels (caused by the blood within them) is more than normal. , ...
Portal Hypertension, Pulmonary complications: Portopulmonary hypertension (pulmonary arterial hypertension complicating portal hypertension in patients with li...
Hypertension in Childhood, Essential hypertension (primary hypertension). Symptoms of hypertension in childhood (presentation) [ 11 ] History The co...
Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an increase in mean pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP), which can be caused by or associated with a wide variety of conditions...
Hypertension in Pregnancy, Intrauterine death. Hypertension in pregnancy includes: Gestational hypertension - pregnancy-induced hypertension which develops after...
Hypertension Treatment, See the separate Hypertension and Hypertension in Pregnancy articles. This article is based primarily on current guidelines in the UK from the ...
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, Synonyms: pseudotumour cerebri, benign intracranial hypertension What is idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)? Raised ...
Diabetes and Hypertension (Treatment and Management), See also the Hypertension and Hypertension Treatment articles. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have a con...
Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension (Assessment and Management), Assessments are the same for glaucoma patients and those with - or suspected to have - ocular hypertension (see 'Wha...
This is called gestational high blood pressure (or hypertension) or pregnancy-induced high blood pressure (or hypertension). Gestational high blood pressure is high blood pressure...
Studies have shown that increased blood pressure readings on ABPM are more strongly correlated to end-organ damage than one-off measurements - eg, left ventricular hypertrophy. [ 4 ] To detect wh...
A persistently high blood pressure is known as hypertension. See the separate leaflet called High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) . This leaflet is just about ways of recording your b...
Alpha-blockers are medicines that are mainly used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and problems with passing urine in men who have enlargement of the prostate gland. , Prostate ...
Severe hypertension. Hypertension resistant to standard medical therapy. Hypertension developing in a patient with known peripheral-vascular/cerebrovascular/cardiovasc...
Having high blood pressure (hypertension) is one of several risk factors that can increase your chance of developing heart disease, a stroke and some other complications.
Thiazide diuretics are mainly used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). They are occasionally also used for heart failure. What are thiazide diuretics? , Hypertension ...
ACE inhibitors are medicines that are used mainly in the treatment of high blood pressure (hypertension) and heart failure. They are also used in some people with diabetes, for some forms of ...
Aetiology Accelerated or malignant hypertension may be associated with any cause of secondary hypertension [ 3 ] . Unilateral renovascular hypertension - eg, renal artery s...