Hypertensive heart disease is a condition that arises because of high blood pressure. It is the most common type of illness and leading cause of death from high blood pressure or hypertension in the United States and other western countries.
Low blood pressure (also known as hypotension) is a physiologic state characterized by a level of blood pressure that is lower than the level required by the body. This condition can cause life threatening complications like myocardial infarction. To treat this condition, it is important that patients have ideas about the different low blood pressure symptoms.
High blood pressure, also known as HBP or hypertension, measures the force of blood pushing outwards on the walls of the arteries. The body’s organs need oxygen to survive. Oxygen is carried through the body by the blood. When the heart beats, it creates pressure that pushes blood through a network of tube-shaped arteries and…