Hypertension (HTN) or high blood pressure, sometimes called arterial hypertension, is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated. This requires the heart to work harder than normal to circulate blood through the blood vessels. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and diastolic, which depend on whether the heart muscle is contracting (systole) or relaxed between beats (diastole). Normal blood ...
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Parent Disease:
Diseases with this Risk Factor:
- Kidney cancer ,
- Prediabetes ,
- Aneurysm ,
- Cerebral aneurysm ,
- Epilepsy ,
- Heart Disease ,
- Coronary heart disease ,
- Myocardial Ischemia ,
- Gout ,
- Heart valve disease
Treatments:
- Diuretics ,
- Renin inhibitor ,
- Beta blocker ,
- ACE inhibitor ,
- Alpha-1 blocker ,
- Calcium channel blocker ,
- Amlodipine/benazepril
Also known as:
- High blood pressure,
- Obesity and hypertension,
- Hypertension : increased,
- HTN
