 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.
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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| 1996 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 1997 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 1998 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 1999 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2000 | 11 | 1 | 12 | | 2001 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2002 | 10 | 6 | 16 | | 2003 | 7 | 8 | 15 | | 2004 | 12 | 4 | 16 | | 2005 | 12 | 9 | 21 | | 2006 | 8 | 5 | 13 | | 2007 | 15 | 13 | 28 | | 2008 | 16 | 9 | 25 | | 2009 | 11 | 10 | 21 | | 2010 | 19 | 10 | 29 | | 2011 | 19 | 11 | 30 | | 2012 | 19 | 19 | 38 | | 2013 | 28 | 12 | 40 | | 2014 | 29 | 6 | 35 | | 2015 | 28 | 15 | 43 | | 2016 | 24 | 11 | 35 | | 2017 | 28 | 11 | 39 | | 2018 | 40 | 12 | 52 | | 2019 | 34 | 13 | 47 | | 2020 | 40 | 6 | 46 | | 2021 | 38 | 3 | 41 | | 2022 | 55 | 4 | 59 | | 2023 | 43 | 2 | 45 | | 2024 | 33 | 1 | 34 | | 2025 | 24 | 6 | 30 | | 2026 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypertension" by people in Profiles.
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Denburg MR, Goodwin Davies AJ, Maltenfort MG, Mitsnefes MM, Flynn JT, Neu AM, Dixon BP, Glenn DA, Gluck CA, Harshman LA, Katsoufis CP, Leonard MB, Modi ZJ, Pan CG, Patel HP, Patterson LT, Verghese PS, Wilson AC, Jovanovska A, Levondosky R, Levondosky M, Dickinson K, Wieand K, Razzaghi H, Li L, Chen Y, Forrest CB. Comparative Effectiveness of Antihypertensive Medications in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease. JAMA Pediatr. 2026 May 01; 180(5):546-555.
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Daley MF, Rifas-Shiman SL, Young JG, Petimar J, Prentice C, Bailey LC, Janicke DM, Heerman WJ, Block JP. Effects of Common Antihypertensive Class Medications on BMI z-Score in Adolescents. Pediatr Obes. 2026 May; 21(5):e70114.
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Zheutlin AR, Chaitoff A, Addo D, Jacobs JA, Derington CG, Stulberg EL, Glynn PA, Modenesi B, Cohen JB, Bress AP. Out-of-Pocket Costs and Antihypertensive Medication Use Among Veterans: A Natural Experiment. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Apr 21; 15(8):e047792.
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Sanuade OA, Addo DK, Smith JD, Carroll AJ, Shimbo D, Talegawkar S, Tucker KL, Jacobs JA, Derington CG, Bress AP. The association of urinary sodium with incident apparent treatment resistant hypertension among African Americans: findings from the Jackson Heart Study. J Hum Hypertens. 2026 May; 40(5):405-412.
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Singh A, Singh MP, Thakur P, Khasbage SU, Yadav R. Efficacy of pharmacological agents for management of post-partum hypertension: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. J Hum Hypertens. 2026 Mar; 40(3):147-157.
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Lobo I, Koon K, Potthast K, Ozmina K, Billups SJ. A Multi-Intervention Approach to Blood Pressure Control: A Description of How a Large University Based Primary Care Clinic Tackled Hypertension. Popul Health Manag. 2026 Feb; 29(1):18-26.
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Billups SJ, Daffron A, Harty C, Schilling LM, Lowe RN, Lobo I. Centralized outreach with embedded pharmacist e-consultation to reduce therapeutic inertia and improve blood pressure control. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2025 Nov 07; 82(22):1249-1255.
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Derington CG, Berchie RO, Greene T, Jacobs JA, Moran AE, Xu Y, Narita K, Zheutlin AR, Cohen JB, Shimbo D, Bress AP. Using PREVENT Equations to Compare Intensive vs Standard Systolic Blood Pressure Control for Primary Prevention in SPRINT. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Oct 28; 86(17):1437-1448.
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Ananthamohan K, Brady TM, Arif M, Daniels SR, Falkner B, Ferguson M, Flynn JT, Hanevold C, Hooper SR, Ingelfinger JR, Lande M, Martin LJ, Meyers KE, Mitsnefes M, Rosner B, Samuels JA, Kuffel G, Zilliox MJ, Chen QM, Becker RC, Urbina EM, Sadayappan S. A Multiomics Approach to Defining Target-Organ Injury in Youths With Primary Hypertension: The SHIP AHOY Cohort. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Nov 04; 14(21):e037649.
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Pan S, Li Z, Lewinger JP, Goodrich JA, Wang H, Rock S, Chen C, Jenkins TM, Sisley S, Daniels SR, Walker DI, Aung MT, Garcia E, McConnell R, Eckel SP, La Merrill MA, Alderete TL, Chen Z, Gilliland FD, Inge TH, Conti DV, Ryder JR, Chatzi L. Plasma Metabolomic and Proteomic Signatures of Blood Pressure Management After Bariatric Surgery Among Adolescents. Hypertension. 2025 Dec; 82(12):2183-2196.
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