Sunday, February 12, 2012

Monitoring blood pressure

Monitoring blood pressure

Hypertension is a serious, chronic disorder characterized by a systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg or higher or a diastolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg or higher.


Review Date: 07/04/2011
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).
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