Chronic hypertension

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Hypertension
ICD-10	I10,I11,I12, I13,I15
ICD-9	401.x
OMIM	145500
DiseasesDB	6330
MedlinePlus	000468

Hypertension Main page
Overview
Causes
Classification Primary Hypertension Secondary Hypertension Hypertensive Emergency Hypertensive Urgency
Screening

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.D.; Assistant Editor-In-Chief: Taylor Palmieri

Diagnosis

Signs and symptoms | Measuring blood pressure | Physical Examination | Laboratory Tests | Electrocardiogram | Chest X-ray | MRI or CT | Echocardiography or Ultrasound

Treatment

Lifestyle modification | Medical Treatment

Related Chapters

• Edible salt
• Hypertensive emergency
• Malignant hypertension
• Exercise hypertension
• White coat hypertension
• Home blood pressure monitoring

Major studies

• The Framingham Heart Study
• Information on ALLHAT
• Information on ACTION - A Coronary Disease Trial Investigating Outcome with Nifedipine GITS
• Information on INSIGHT
• Information on ENCORE

Resources

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• High Blood Pressure from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• High Blood Pressure from MedlinePlus
• A guide to lowering high blood pressure from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• The DASH diet from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• High Blood Pressure (from the American Heart Association)
• High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease from The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
• Natural Remedies for High Blood Pressure from Earth Clinic's Folk Medicine Archive