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 442 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	6	16
2009	8	2	10
2010	10	4	14
2011	11	9	20
2012	12	8	20
2013	7	5	12
2014	11	12	23
2015	22	9	31
2016	15	11	26
2017	14	8	22
2018	7	5	12
2019	9	12	21
2020	18	5	23
2021	19	6	25
2022	20	2	22
2023	20	2	22
2024	16	3	19
2025	6	5	11
2026	6	0	6

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Ky B, Liu T, Margulies KB, Mitchell JD, Haas NB, Gareen IF, Thangarajah M, Sicks JD, Domenico C, Narayan VK, Smith AM, Wilcox NS, Mittal K, Rhee JW, Armenian SH, Saphner T, Paul AK, Gartrell BA, Zaha VG, Anari F, Wong RL, Townsend RR, Wagner LI. Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Intensive Systolic Blood Pressure Control in Patients With Renal Cell or Thyroid Cancer Receiving VEGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: ECOG-ACRIN EAQ191. Hypertension. 2026 Jul; 83(7):e26016.

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Nguyen CTT, Challagonda J, Ha TS, Nguyen ND, Nguyen HTT, Ha DA, Tran OT, Nguyen PK, Phan VH, Nguyen GH, Nguyen THT, Goldberg RJ, Allison JJ, Wang B, Chiriboga G, Nguyen HL. Health related quality of life among hypertensive adults living in rural Vietnam: Results from a cluster-randomised controlled trial. PLoS One. 2026; 21(5):e0337817.

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Lee HY, Kim K, Shin DW, Han K, Jung JH, Park JH. Hypertension Care Quality and Incidence of Complications Among Hypertensive Patients With Disabilities in Korea: An Analysis of a Cohort Study Using National Health Insurance Data. J Korean Med Sci. 2026 May 04; 41(17):e133.

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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 05 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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Cutrona SL, McDannold SE, DeLaughter KL, Fix GM, Shimada SL, Bokhour BG, Gordon HS, Pope C, Smith BM, Ndiwane N, Gardner J, DeFelice DC, Bal ES, Long JA. Text Messaging and Video Stories to Support Hypertension Self-Management in Black Veterans: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Nov 03; 8(11):e2541342.

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Bagga A, Everitt IK, Osgueritchian R, Khadke S, Ganatra S, Strom JB, Abohashem S, Mukherjee M. Rising Burden of Hypertensive Heart Disease Mortality Among Young Adults in the United States, 1999 to 2024. Am J Cardiol. 2026 Jan 15; 259:139-147.

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