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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Bar chart showing 433 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 31 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	3	2	5
1996	2	3	5
1997	6	0	6
1998	3	2	5
1999	4	1	5
2000	0	1	1
2001	4	0	4
2002	3	2	5
2003	9	3	12
2004	7	5	12
2005	3	4	7
2006	7	2	9
2007	12	4	16
2008	11	5	16
2009	8	2	10
2010	10	4	14
2011	10	9	19
2012	12	8	20
2013	7	5	12
2014	10	11	21
2015	22	9	31
2016	15	11	26
2017	14	8	22
2018	8	5	13
2019	13	12	25
2020	17	4	21
2021	20	6	26
2022	20	2	22
2023	20	1	21
2024	13	3	16
2025	2	4	6

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Kovell LC, Denu MKI, Berkowitz J, Shankara S, Shao C, Skaritanov E, Wilkie G, Simas TAM, Juraschek SP. Cardiac Biomarkers in Pregnancies With and Without Hypertension. Am J Hypertens. 2025 Aug 14; 38(9):697-705.

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Wang X, Zhang Y, Pathiravasan CH, Spartano NL, Benjamin EJ, McManus DD, Lewis GD, Larson MG, Vasan RS, Murabito JM, Liu C, Nayor M. Blood Pressure Responses During Exercise Were Associated With Average Home Blood Pressure and Home Blood Pressure Variability: The Electronic Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jun 03; 14(11):e039457.

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Vieira de Oliveira Salerno PR, Lewis PGT, Chen Z, Dazard JE, Ganatra S, Ahmed EN, Nasir K, Deo SV, Rajagopalan S, Al-Kindi S. Climate Vulnerability and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Disease in the United?States. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jun 03; 14(11):e038251.

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Morris EC, Tucker KL, McManus RJ, Stevens RJ. The importance of experience: insights into optimal home-blood pressure monitoring regimens from the TASMINH4 Trial. J Hypertens. 2025 Aug 01; 43(8):1400-1406.

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Kar D, Byng R, Sheikh A, Nath M, Zabeen B, Kar S, Banu S, Sarker MHR, Khan N, Acharjee D, Islam S, Allgar V, Ord??ez-Mena JM, El-Wazir A, Song S, Verma A, Kadam U, de Lusignan S. Navigating the complexities of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) from risk factors to outcome: insights from the UK Biobank cohort. BMC Nephrol. 2025 Apr 01; 26(1):168.

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Lan VTH, Quyen BTT, Duy PQ, Hoang L, Minh HV. Trends in Salt Consumption and Reduction Practices in Vietnam During 2015-2021: Analyzing Urinary Sodium Levels Among 18-69 Aged Populations. Int J Public Health. 2025; 70:1608065.

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Agarwal R, Verma A, Georgianos PI. Diuretics in patients with chronic kidney disease. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2025 Apr; 21(4):264-278.

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Smith A, Tucker KL, Barnes RK, Drakesmith CW, Agwunobi A, Bateman PA, Forbes A, de Lusignan S, Ford GA, Fujiwara T, Hobbs FDR, Koshiaris C, Mant J, McKinstry B, Pollock S, Rice C, Yang Y, McManus RJ. A service evaluation of the implementation of a novel digital intervention for hypertension self-monitoring and management system in primary care (SHIP): protocol for a mixed methods study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2024 Dec 19; 24(1):707.

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Kovell LC, Bothwick V, McCabe P, Juraschek SP, Meng Y, Revoori R, Pena S, Schoenthaler A, Adhikari S, Dodson JA. Patterns of Adherence to Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Among Older Adults With Ischemic Heart Disease: An Analysis From the RESILIENT Trial of Mobile Health Cardiac Rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2025 01 01; 45(1):57-64.

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Mansoor T, Farrukh F, Khalid SN, Abramov D, Michos ED, Mehta A, Paul TK, Dani SS, Al Rifai M, Misra A, Nambi V, Virani SS, Minhas AMK. The future of hypertension pharmacotherapy: Ongoing and future clinical trials for hypertension. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2025 Jan; 50(1):102922.

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