Pulmonary hypertension (PH or PHTN) is a condition of increased blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. Symptoms include shortness of breath, fainting, tiredness, chest pain, swelling of the legs, and a fast heartbeat. The condition may make it difficult to exercise. Onset is typically gradual. A patient is deemed to have pulmonary hypertension if the pulmonary mean arterial …

Se denomina hipertensión de bata blanca al aumento transitorio de la presión arterial que se produce en algunas personas en entornos sanitarios (hospitales, ambulatorios...) debido al estrés involuntario que esos entornos les provocan. Su importancia estriba en que la medición de la presión sanguínea ofrece valores anormalmente elevados, que no se corresponden con las …

The modern history of hypertension begins with the understanding of the cardiovascular system based on the work of physician William Harvey (1578–1657), who described the circulation of blood in his book De motu cordis.The English clergyman Stephen Hales made the first published measurement of blood pressure in 1733. Descriptions of what would come to be called …

El JNC-7 (The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure) definió como prehipertensión al valor de presión que oscila entre los 120-139 de presión arterial sistólica y/o entre los 80-89 de presión arterial diastólica. Es en este punto en el cual el paciente debe comenzar un cambio en su …