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hypertension | American Dictionary

hypertension
noun[ U ]
 medicalus/ˌhɑɪ·pərˈten·ʃən/
unusually high blood pressure

Examples of hypertension

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It is therefore unlikely that its application in pregnancy will add to the advantages of reducing sampling errors and white-coat hypertension.
Fifty-nine pregnant patients with chronic hypertension made a total of 594 visits.
Most countries, even those with formal policies, note relatively low levels of screening for hypertension.
Clues to the aetiology of the disease have been suggested by environmental stimuli associated with the development of severe pulmonary hypertension.
Nevertheless, severe pulmonary hypertension and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance were present.
Within this study, four women developed proteinuric hypertension, and three of these had an elevated nocturnal systolic blood pressure between 18 and 24 weeks.
Compression to reverse the venous hypertension is useful and can be either with paste bandages or elastic stockings.
Growth of the pulmonary arteries was satisfactory and no patients developed either severe or moderate pulmonary hypertension.
Part 2 deals with chronic disease and disability, highlighting raised levels of obesity, diabetes and hypertension in most ethnic groups.
For resistant hypertension, either an alpha-blocker or spironolactone or other diuretic could be added.
Direct quantitation of right and left ventricular volumes using nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension.
Among the untreated hypertensives, the main group was isolated systolic hypertension, which accounted for 76% of the total.
A cause of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn which lacks an effective therapy.
Duration and severity of arterial hypertension are likely to be important risk factors in formation of aneurysms, remote from the site of repair.
However, late-pregnant animals that had preexisting hypertension for 2 weeks prior to pregnancy had inner and outer diameters similar to controls.
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