High blood pressure, or hypertension, is the condition of chronically elevated arterial pressure above accepted diagnostic thresholds, reflecting a sustained increase in the force of blood against vessel walls. It is a principal modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, imposing increased load on the heart …
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is the condition of chronically elevated arterial pressure above accepted diagnostic thresholds, reflecting a sustained increase in the force of blood against vessel walls. It is a principal modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, imposing increased load on the heart and accelerating damage to the arteries, brain, kidneys, and eyes, and thereby raising the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. Arterial pressure is governed by cardiac output and peripheral vascular resistance under neural, hormonal, and renal regulation, and most cases are primary hypertension, in which genetic susceptibility combines with dietary sodium, adiposity, physical inactivity, and other lifestyle factors, while secondary forms have an identifiable cause. Because it is often asymptomatic, hypertension is frequently detected only through measurement, and its management integrates lifestyle modification with antihypertensive medication and monitoring, including ambulatory profiles. The subject matter examined in this area includes factors associated with uncontrolled high blood pressure, hypertension prevalence and awareness across populations and adolescents, anthropometric correlates of metabolic risk, heart failure in primary care, evaluation of cardiac performance in cardiovascular-disorder models, and the relationship between blood-pressure load and body mass index. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research on high blood pressure and its cardiovascular and renal consequences.
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