| Descriptor English: | Hypertension | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Hipertensión
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Hipertensão | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Hypertension artérielle | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Blood Pressure, High Blood Pressures, High High Blood Pressure High Blood Pressures |
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| Tree number(s): |
C14.907.489 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006973 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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. |
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| Annotation: | not for intracranial or intraocular pressure; relation to BLOOD PRESSURE: Manual 23.27; Goldblatt kidney is HYPERTENSION, GOLDBLATT see HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; hypertension with kidney disease is probably HYPERTENSION, RENAL, not HYPERTENSION; venous hypertension: index under VENOUS PRESSURE (IM) & do not coordinate with HYPERTENSION; PREHYPERTENSION is also available |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Related: |
Antihypertensive Agents
MeSH Vascular Resistance MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 7152 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D006973 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WG 340 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2010/06/25 |
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Hypertension
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| Concept UI |
M0010859 |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Preferred term | Hypertension |
| Entry term(s) |
Blood Pressure, High Blood Pressures, High High Blood Pressure High Blood Pressures |
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