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Hypertension

Medical Definition: Persistently high arterial blood pressure. Currently accepted threshold levels are 140 mm Hg systolic and 90 mm Hg diastolic pressure.
Guide Notes: only blood pressure; not for intracranial or intraocular pressure; relation to BLOOD PRESSURE: Manual 23.27+; /drug ther: consider also ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; Goldblatt kidney or Goldblatt hypertension is HYPERTENSION, GOLDBLATT see HYPERTENSION, RENOVA
Also Called: Blood Pressure, High
Hypertension Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hypertension, Malignant - Severe hypertension characterized by papilledema and necrosis of small arteries and arterioles. The diastolic pressure is generally greater than 130 mm Hg.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hypertension, Pulmonary - Increased pressure within the pulmonary circulation, usually secondary to cardiac or pulmonary disease.

Hypertension Medical Definitions and Terms

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