Hypertension

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 * 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

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