Hypertensive heart disease: to use or not to use diuretics?
1992
F H Messerli, and
T Grodzicki
Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121.
UI
MeSH Term
Description
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D006973
Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.