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  2. Management of hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Hypertension is managed using lifestyle modification and antihypertensive medications. Hypertension is usually treated to achieve a blood pressure of below 140/90 mmHg to 160/100 mmHg. According to one 2003 review, reduction of the blood pressure by 5 mmHg can decrease the risk of stroke by 34% and of ischaemic heart disease by 21% and reduce ...

  3. Antihypertensive drug - Wikipedia

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    Antihypertensive drug. Antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). [1] Antihypertensive therapy seeks to prevent the complications of high blood pressure, such as stroke, heart failure, kidney failure and myocardial infarction. Evidence suggests that reduction of the blood pressure by 5 mmHg ...

  4. Hypertension - Wikipedia

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    t. e. 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] It is, however, a major risk factor for stroke, coronary artery disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, peripheral ...

  5. Pathophysiology of hypertension - Wikipedia

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    The pathophysiology of hypertension is an area which attempts to explain mechanistically the causes of hypertension, which is a chronic disease characterized by elevation of blood pressure. Hypertension can be classified by cause as either essential (also known as primary or idiopathic) or secondary. About 90–95% of hypertension is essential ...

  6. Labetalol - Wikipedia

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    Mechanism of action. Labetalol is a beta blocker, or an antagonist of the β-adrenergic receptors. It is specifically a non-selective antagonist of the β 1 - and β 2 -adrenergic receptors. [13] Labetalol has intrinsic sympathomimetic activity. [13] It is also an antagonist of the α 1 -adrenergic receptor, and hence is additionally an alpha ...

  7. Essential hypertension - Wikipedia

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    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. [3] [4] The remaining 15% is accounted for by various causes of secondary hypertension. [3]

  8. Hypertensive heart disease - Wikipedia

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    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. Hypertension increases the risk of heart failure by two or three-fold [7] and probably accounts ...

  9. Hydralazine - Wikipedia

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    Hydralazine, sold under the brand name Apresoline among others, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. [2] This includes high blood pressure in pregnancy and very high blood pressure resulting in symptoms. [3] It has been found to be particularly useful in heart failure, together with isosorbide dinitrate, for ...

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