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Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. [11] High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms itself. [1]
HTN: hypertension: HTPA: hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: HTVD: hypertensive vascular disease HUS: hemolytic uremic syndrome: HVA: homovanillic acid: HVLT: high-velocity lead therapy (facetious term for gunshot wound) Hx: history (of)
Hypertensive heart disease includes a number of complications of high blood pressure that affect the heart.While there are several definitions of hypertensive heart disease in the medical literature, [1] [2] [3] the term is most widely used in the context of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding categories.
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
HTN Hypertension: HPRT deficiency Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase deficiency HPD Histrionic personality disorder: HPS Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome: HPV Infection Human papillomavirus infection: HSP Hereditary spastic paraplegia
Essential hypertension (also called primary hypertension, or idiopathic hypertension) is a form of hypertension without an identifiable physiologic cause. [1] [2] It is the most common type affecting 85% of those with high blood pressure.
The term "malignant hypertension" was also included under this category with grade III/IV hypertensive retinopathy. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] However, in 2018, European Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Hypertension issued a new guideline which put "malignant hypertension" under the category " hypertensive emergency ", which emphasize on poor ...
Medical terminology is a language used to precisely describe the human body including all its components, processes, conditions affecting it, and procedures performed upon it. Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine .