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2. Comparison of international blood pressure guidelines

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   Guidelines on the choice of agents and how best to step up treatment for various subgroups in hypertension (high blood pressure) have changed over time and differ between countries. A Comparison of International Guidelines on Goal Blood Pressure and Initial Therapy for Adults With Hypertension (adapted from JNC 8 guidelines [ 1 ] )

3. American Heart Association - Wikipedia

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   A health promotion coordinator at Fleet Activities Sasebo, from Augusta, Ga., checks a sailor's blood pressure. In 1924, cardiologists Paul Dudley White, Hugh D. McCulloch, Joseph Sailer, Robert H. Halsey, James B. Herrick, and, Lewis A. Conner, [6] formed the Association for the Prevention and Relief of Heart Disease as a professional society for doctors.

4. Prehypertension - Wikipedia

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   The American Heart Association website [18] says, "You may have what's called 'white coat hypertension'; that means your blood pressure goes up when you're at the doctor's surgery. Monitoring at home will help you measure your true blood pressure and can provide your doctor with a log of blood pressure measurements over time.

5. Hypertension (journal) - Wikipedia

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   It is published on behalf of the American Heart Association by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The editor-in-chief is Rhian M. Touyz. The journal publishes original manuscripts, invited review summaries, invited case-based reviews, recent study highlights, invited brief commentaries, scientific or technical tutorials, letters to the editor, and ...

6. What is a normal blood pressure reading? - AOL

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   When Dr. Oz sat Rachael Ray down for a blood pressure test during a segment of her show, he wasn't entirely pleased with the numbers he saw. In fact, he made her do it again -- and he called her ...

7. Hypertension Center Earns Gold Plus Recognition from American ...

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   AHA awarded the distinction as part of its Target: BP™ initiative, a collaboration with the American Medical Association in response to the high prevalence of uncontrolled blood pressure.

8. Hypertensive heart disease - Wikipedia

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   Hypertension or high blood pressure affects at least 26.4% of the world's population. [15] Hypertensive heart disease is only one of several diseases attributable to high blood pressure. Other diseases caused by high blood pressure include ischemic heart disease, cancer, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, aneurysms and kidney disease.

9. Mean arterial pressure - Wikipedia

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   In medicine, the mean arterial pressure (MAP) is an average calculated blood pressure in an individual during a single cardiac cycle. [1] Although methods of estimating MAP vary, a common calculation is to take one-third of the pulse pressure (the difference between the systolic and diastolic pressures), and add that amount to the diastolic pressure.