"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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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1997 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1998 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2000 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| 2001 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2006 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2007 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2008 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2010 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2011 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| 2012 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 2013 | 19 | 8 | 27 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| 2015 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2016 | 21 | 4 | 25 |
| 2017 | 25 | 10 | 35 |
| 2018 | 20 | 8 | 28 |
| 2019 | 25 | 11 | 36 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2021 | 22 | 4 | 26 |
| 2022 | 28 | 0 | 28 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1 | 19 |
| 2024 | 20 | 5 | 25 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypertension" by people in Profiles.
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Community intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease in Chicago (CIRCL-Chicago): protocol for a type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study using a parallel cluster-randomized trial design. Implement Sci. 2025 05 05; 20(1):19.
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Treatment in the First Month After Hypertension Diagnosis Improves Blood Pressure Control. Hypertension. 2025 Jun; 82(6):1129-1136.
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Does mean systolic blood pressure less than 130 mm Hg ensure high rates of control to <140/<90 mm Hg? A cross-sectional analysis of two cohorts. BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 07; 15(4):e090440.
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Idiopathic Nodular Glomerulosclerosis in a Long-term Passive Smoker With Recently Diagnosed Hypertension: A Case Report. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2025 Jan-Dec; 13:23247096251323066.
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Psychosocial Stress and Risk for Intracerebral Hemorrhage in the ERICH (Ethnic/Racial Variations of Intracerebral Hemorrhage) Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Mar 18; 14(6):e024457.
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Hypertension diagnosis and management in Bamako, Mali. Bull World Health Organ. 2025 Apr 01; 103(4):275-280.
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Signal Transduction Pathway Mediating Carotid Body Dependent Sympathetic Activation and Hypertension by Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia. Function (Oxf). 2025 Feb 12; 6(1).
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Effect of postpartum oral furosemide use on postpartum readmissions and blood pressure trends. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2025 Mar; 39:101199.
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Cardiovascular events observed among patients in the etrasimod clinical programme: an integrated safety analysis of patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis. BMJ Open Gastroenterol. 2025 Jan 08; 12(1).
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Systematic treatment and management of postpartum hypertension using remote patient monitoring. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2025 Mar; 39:101180.