Hypertension
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| Hypertension | |
| ICD-10 | I10.,I11.,I12., I13.,I15. |
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| ICD-9 | 401.x |
| OMIM | 145500 |
| DiseasesDB | 6330 |
| MedlinePlus | 000468 |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.D.; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Taylor Palmieri
Overview
Classification
Pathophysiology
Epidemiology & Demographics
Complications
Causes of Hypertension
Complete List of Differential Diagnoses
Diagnosis
- Signs and symptoms | Measuring blood pressure | Physical Examination | Laboratory Tests | Electrocardiogram | Chest X-ray | MRI or CT | Echocardiography or Ultrasound
Treatment
Systolic hypertension
Related Chapters
- Edible salt
- Hypertensive emergency
- Malignant hypertension
- Exercise hypertension
- White coat hypertension
- Home blood pressure monitoring
Major studies
- The Framingham Heart Study
- Information on ALLHAT
- Information on ACTION - A Coronary Disease Trial Investigating Outcome with Nifedipine GITS
- Information on INSIGHT
- Information on ENCORE
Resources
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- High Blood Pressure from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- High Blood Pressure from MedlinePlus
- A guide to lowering high blood pressure from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- The DASH diet from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- High Blood Pressure (from the American Heart Association)
- High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease from The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
- Natural Remedies for High Blood Pressure from Earth Clinic's Folk Medicine Archive
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