"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.489
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| Concept/Terms |
Hypertension- Hypertension
- Blood Pressure, High
- Blood Pressures, High
- High Blood Pressure
- High Blood Pressures
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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 1995 | 20 | 4 | 24 |
| 1996 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 1997 | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| 1998 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 1999 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
| 2000 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2001 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2002 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| 2003 | 26 | 6 | 32 |
| 2004 | 30 | 9 | 39 |
| 2005 | 34 | 11 | 45 |
| 2006 | 27 | 6 | 33 |
| 2007 | 21 | 12 | 33 |
| 2008 | 23 | 7 | 30 |
| 2009 | 23 | 6 | 29 |
| 2010 | 34 | 12 | 46 |
| 2011 | 29 | 8 | 37 |
| 2012 | 20 | 14 | 34 |
| 2013 | 37 | 8 | 45 |
| 2014 | 50 | 9 | 59 |
| 2015 | 39 | 7 | 46 |
| 2016 | 41 | 11 | 52 |
| 2017 | 37 | 11 | 48 |
| 2018 | 38 | 12 | 50 |
| 2019 | 39 | 14 | 53 |
| 2020 | 37 | 6 | 43 |
| 2021 | 37 | 2 | 39 |
| 2022 | 28 | 0 | 28 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypertension" by people in Profiles.
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TIME to face the reality about evening dosing of antihypertensive drugs in hypertension. Blood Press. 2023 Dec; 32(1):1-3.
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Exploration of patients' practices related to home blood pressure monitoring. J Hum Hypertens. 2024 Jan; 38(1):81-83.
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Development and Initial Use of an Evidence-Based Home Blood Pressure Monitoring mHealth Platform. J Med Syst. 2023 Apr 29; 47(1):53.
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Association of Area Deprivation With Primary Hypertension Diagnosis Among Youth Medicaid Recipients in Delaware. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 01; 6(3):e233012.
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Endovascular Ultrasound Renal Denervation to Treat Hypertension: The RADIANCE II Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2023 02 28; 329(8):651-661.
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Frequent vegetable consumption is inversely associated with hypertension among indigenous Africans. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 12 21; 29(18):2359-2371.
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The urgency to regulate validation of automated blood pressure measuring devices: a policy statement and call to action from the world hypertension league. J Hum Hypertens. 2023 02; 37(2):155-159.
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Thirty years with LIFE-a randomized clinical trial with more than 200 published articles on clinical aspects of left ventricular hypertrophy. Blood Press. 2022 12; 31(1):125-128.
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Masked hypertension in type 2 diabetes: never take normotension for granted and always assess out-of-office blood pressure. Blood Press. 2022 12; 31(1):207-209.
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Single-pill combinations, hypertension control and clinical outcomes: potential, pitfalls and solutions. Blood Press. 2022 12; 31(1):164-168.