Hypertension that is considered idiopathic is called essential hypertension and accordingly has no clear culprit for its cause. However, basic research and clinical studies in recent years have ...

Plasma volume (RISA) was measured in 37 men with essential hypertension uncomplicated by cardiac or renal failure, and results compared with values obtained in 20 normal male subjects. Body height was ...

THE prevalence of essential hypertension, its crippling potentialities and its threat to life make it one of the greatest of clinical problems. The complexities are all the greater because a ...

High blood pressure that has no known cause is called primary, or essential, hypertension. This is the most common type of high blood pressure. It develops slowly, and often people with primary ...

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is associated with frequent hospitalizations and high mortality. It affects more than 5 million individuals in the USA, and another 660,000 new cases are diagnosed each ...

Orthostatic hypertension is an underappreciated but potentially clinically important entity. As alluded to above, orthostatic hypertension is defined simply as an increase in blood pressure upon ...