arterial hypertension
long term medical condition with elevated arterial blood pressure
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Summary
arterial hypertension is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,997 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Subclass of: vascular disease[4], artery disease[5], clinical sign[6], hypertension[7]
- Commons category: Hypertension[8]
- Opposite of: hypotension[9]
- ICPC 2 ID: K86[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hypertension[11]
- Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[12]
- Has effect: heart failure[13]
- Has characteristic: complications of hypertension[14]
- ICD-9-CM: 997.91[15], 401-405.99[16]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3117[17]
- Different from: pulmonary hypertension[18], intracranial hypertension[19]
- Health specialty: family medicine[20], hypertensiology[21]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: valsartan[22], cyclothiazide[23], benazepril[24], furosemide[25], nadolol[26], carvedilol[27], hydrochlorothiazide[28], fosinopril[29], nifedipine[30], spironolactone[31], bisoprolol[32], terazosin[33], prazosin[34], verapamil[35]
Why It Matters
arterial hypertension has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 128 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]