Hypertension: Cardiovascular benefits of lowering blood pressure.
2016
Michael A Weber, and
Daniel T Lackland
State University of New York, Downstate College of Medicine, 450 Clarkson Avenue, PO BOX 97, Brooklyn, New York 11203, USA.
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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.