Hypertension

"Hypertension" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.

Descriptor ID	D006973
MeSH Number(s)	C14.907.489
Concept/Terms	Hypertension Hypertension Blood Pressure, High Blood Pressures, High High Blood Pressure High Blood Pressures

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Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Vascular Diseases [C14.907]
Hypertension [C14.907.489]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hypertension" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hypertension" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 965 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 73 publications in 2008

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	6	3	9
1997	6	1	7
1998	6	6	12
1999	10	3	13
2000	7	4	11
2001	9	4	13
2002	25	11	36
2003	29	11	40
2004	28	9	37
2005	36	8	44
2006	27	10	37
2007	35	9	44
2008	54	19	73
2009	24	12	36
2010	27	10	37
2011	23	22	45
2012	16	10	26
2013	15	12	27
2014	20	4	24
2015	26	9	35
2016	22	7	29
2017	29	9	38
2018	36	6	42
2019	35	14	49
2020	32	10	42
2021	38	5	43
2022	35	2	37
2023	39	0	39
2024	31	5	36
2025	3	1	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypertension" by people in Profiles.

Weiss SL. Invited commentary: raising a high-pressure alarm about pediatric hypertension. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Jun 03; 194(6):1496-1498.

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Strauss JD, Gilbert MR, Mehta M, Li A, Zhou R, Bondy ML, Sulman EP, Yuan Y, Liu Y, Vera E, Wendland MM, Stieber VW, Puduvalli VK, Choi S, Martinez NL, Robins HI, Hunter GK, Lin CF, Guedes VA, Richard MA, Pugh SL, Armstrong TS, Scheurer ME. Clinical and genetic markers of vascular toxicity in glioblastoma patients: Insights from NRG Oncology RTOG-0825. Neuro Oncol. 2025 Mar 07; 27(3):767-778.

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Hamdani G, Urbina EM, Daniels SR, Falkner BE, Ferguson MA, Flynn JT, Hanevold CD, Ingelfinger JR, Khoury PR, Lande MB, Meyers KE, Samuels J, Mitsnefes M. Youth Blood Pressure and Target Organ Injury Markers: The SHIP AHOY Study. Hypertension. 2025 Jun; 82(6):992-1001.

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Ishigami J, Liu H, Zhao D, Sabit A, Pathiravasan CH, Charleston J, Miller ER, Matsushita K, Appel LJ, Brady TM. Effects of Noise and Public Setting on Blood Pressure Readings : A Randomized Crossover Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Feb; 178(2):149-156.

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Zaidi AH, Sood E, De Ferranti S, Gidding S, Zadokar V, Miller J, Kazak A. Parent and Primary Care Clinician Perceptions About Pediatric Hypertension. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 12 02; 7(12):e2451103.

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Liu H, Zhao D, Sabit A, Pathiravasan CH, Ishigami J, Charleston J, Miller ER, Matsushita K, Appel LJ, Brady TM. Arm Position and Blood Pressure Readings: The ARMS Crossover Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Dec 01; 184(12):1436-1442.

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Kelly PD, Gauhar F, Kang K, Kayne A, Bray DP, Evans JJ. Postoperative Blood Pressure Goals After Craniotomy for Tumor Resection: A National Survey. Neurosurgery. 2024 Nov 26; 97(1):213-222.

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Wang L, Cook NR, Manson JE, Gaziano JM, Buring JE, Sesso HD. Associations of Vitamin D-Related Biomarkers With Hypertension and the Renin-Angiotensin System in Men and Women. Am J Hypertens. 2024 Nov 15; 37(12):953-961.

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Hornung E, Achanta S, Moss A, Schwaber JS, Vadigepalli R. Multi-organ gene expression analysis and network modeling reveal regulatory control cascades during the development of hypertension in female spontaneously hypertensive rat. PLoS One. 2024; 19(11):e0313252.

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Hamaya R, Wang M, Hertzmark E, Cook NR, Manson JE, Sun Q, Stampfer MJ, Mukamal KJ, Curhan G, Rimm EB. Modifiable lifestyle factors in the primordial prevention of hypertension in three US cohorts. Eur J Intern Med. 2025 Feb; 132:55-66.

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