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Hypertension

Hypertension

(Science: cardiology) Persistently high arterial blood pressure. Hypertension may have no known cause (essential or idiopathic hypertension) or be associated with other primary diseases (secondary hypertension).

this condition is considered a risk factor for the development of heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, stroke and kidney Disease.


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HELP!

Ok well I am doing a research paper on hypertension/pulmonary hypertension and my question to you all is if you can tell me any really good sites on receiving information it about it. Information such as, the history of the disease, physiology ...

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by elflip03
Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:24 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
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Diastolic & Systolic Blood Pressure

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by vertciel
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by Linn
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