essential hypertension

es·sen·tial hy·per·ten·sion

[MIM*145500] hypertension without known cause. Synonym(s): idiopathic hypertension, primary hypertension

essential hypertension

Primary HTN, A condition comprising 90% of all cases of HTN; EH is associated with impaired endothelium-mediated vasodilation, which may play an important role in functional defects of resistance vessels. See Goldblatt kidney, Hypertension, Pheochromocytoma.

es·sen·tial hy·per·ten·sion

(ĕ-senshăl hīpĕr-tenshŭn) Hypertension with no known cause; accounts for between 90 and 95% of patients diagnosed with hypertension.
Synonym(s): primary hypertension.

essential hypertension

High blood pressure of unknown cause. Also known as primary hypertension. In this context, the term ‘essential’ reflects the original view that the condition was thought to be constitutional-‘of the essence’.

Huchard,

Henri, French physician, 1844-1910. Huchard disease - hypertension that occurs without preexisting renal disease or known cause. Synonym(s): essential hypertensionHuchard sign - when patients with hypertension change from standing to supine position, the heart rate drop is less than that for normotensive patients.

es·sen·tial hy·per·ten·sion

(ĕ-senshăl hīpĕr-tenshŭn) [MIM*145500] Hypertension with no known cause; accounts for between 90% and 95% of patients.
Synonym(s): primary hypertension.

essential hypertension

essential hypertension

essential hypertension

essential hypertension

es·sen·tial hy·per·ten·sion

essential hypertension

es·sen·tial hy·per·ten·sion

essential hypertension

Huchard,

es·sen·tial hy·per·ten·sion

essential hypertension

Synonyms for essential hypertension

noun persistent and pathological high blood pressure for which no specific cause can be found

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