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 431 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 31 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
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	10	5	15
2009	8	2	10
2010	10	4	14
2011	10	9	19
2012	12	8	20
2013	7	5	12
2014	10	12	22
2015	22	9	31
2016	15	11	26
2017	14	8	22
2018	7	5	12
2019	9	12	21
2020	18	4	22
2021	19	6	25
2022	20	2	22
2023	20	2	22
2024	14	3	17
2025	4	5	9
2026	3	0	3

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Ghazi L, Lewis CE, Jaeger BC, Kiefe CI, Foti K, Gabriel KP, Allen NB, Abdalla M, Levy PD, Hardy ST, Muntner P. Association of Socioeconomic Position with Incident Hypertension Hospitalization and Blood Pressure Control among Participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study. Am J Hypertens. 2026 May 01; 39(5):687-695.

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McGrath BM, Gold R, Donovan J, Watkins SL, Bunce A, Pisciotta M, Morrissey S, Middendorf M, Fein HL, Sheppler CR, Edelmann AC, Leo MC, Hessler-Jones D, Gottlieb LM. Social Risk-Informed Decision Support and Blood Pressure Control in a Primary Care Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Fam Med. 2026 Mar 23; 24(2):97-103.

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Farrell CM, Kearney RB, Peddiraju A, Pino EC. Disparities in diagnosis and management of hypertension by incarceration status for patients receiving care in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 May; 103:93-98.

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Paul TJ, Sadaniantz K, Soni A, Asaker JC, Pathiravasan CH, Mehawej J, Filippaios A, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Liu C, Lin H, Murabito JM, McManus DD, Kovell LC. Patterns of adherence to home blood pressure monitoring among men and women in the Electronic Framingham Heart Study. PLoS One. 2025; 20(12):e0337284.

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Lee JA, Pakpahan R, Amante DJ, Gerber BS, Yang L. Comorbidity prevalence and incidence in cancer survivors: a longitudinal All of Us study. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Nov 03; 9(6).

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Singh R, Pierce CB, Makker K, Jacobson L, Jensen ET, Vaidya R, Gogcu S, Sanderson K, South AM, Thompson A, Perng W, Perrin EM, Cassidy-Bushrow AE, Dunlop AL, Dabelea D, Ferrara A, Hedderson MM, Zhu Y, Karagas M, Camargo CA, Hockett CW, Aris IM, McEvoy CT, Ganiban JM, Farzan S, Serrano-Gonzalez M, Carnell S, Geiger SD, Zhao Q, O'Shea TM. Association of Maternal Prepregnancy BMI With Offspring Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Childhood. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Dec; 33(12):2330-2344.

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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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