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Hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries, which are the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body. As the heart beats, it forces blood through the arteries to deliver nutrients and oxygen to the rest of the body. The strength of the blood pushing against the artery walls is blood pressure, which is measured in units called millimeters of mercury (mmHg). The top number in a blood pressure reading is the pressure when the heart pumps (systolic blood pressure), and the bottom number is the pressure between heart beats (diastolic blood pressure). In adults, a normal blood pressure measurement is about 120/80 mmHg. Blood pressure is considered high when the measurement is 130/80 mmHg or greater.
Hypertension can have a variety of causes. Secondary hypertension results from other disorders that raise blood pressure in addition to other problems. Rare, genetic forms of hypertension are caused by mutations in particular genes, many of which help control the balance of fluids and salts in the body and affect blood pressure. The causes of essential hypertension, however, are not well understood. Essential hypertension is a complex condition with a variety of factors, both genetic and environmental, contributing to its development.
Hypertension affects an estimated 47 percent of adults in the United States. Prevalence of the condition increases with age, and approximately 70 percent of people over age 65 are affected. In African Americans, the condition is more common, starts at a younger age, and is more severe than in other populations.
Hypertension tends to run in families. Individuals whose parents have hypertension have an elevated risk of developing the condition, particularly if both parents are affected. However, the inheritance pattern is unknown.
Harbor-UCLA Nephrology
from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamyar_Kalantar-ZadehEducationKalantar-Zadeh received his education in medicine from the University of Bochum and University of Bonn (Germany) and his M.D. degree from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany).[1] In addition, he obtained a master's degree in public health (Master of Public Health, MPH) and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley.[1] He is a practicing triple board certified physician specialist in internal medicine, pediatrics, and nephrology.[1] Kalantar-Zadeh completed his residency at the State University of New York and his nephrology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.[1]CareerKalantar-Zadeh is a professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and based at the Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (2000-2012, and since 2023), where he worked with his former mentor Joel D. Kopple and served as the founding director of the Harold Simmons Center for Chronic Disease Research and Epidemiology. During 2012-2022 Kalantar-Zadeh was in the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine as a tenured professor of medicine, pediatrics, public health, and Nursing Sciences, and chief of Nephrology,[1] and the UC Irvine Medical Center. He also serves as a part-time staff physician at Tibor-Rubin VA Medical center in Long Beach, California, under the Veterans Health Administration. Kalantar-Zadeh has r. Dr. Kalantar-Zadeh is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. He is also highly rated in 27 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Kidney Disease, Hypertension, High Potassium Level, Kidney Transplant, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Kalantar-Zadeh is board certified in Interal Medicine, Nephrology, and Pediatrics. Dr. Kalantar-Zadeh is currently accepting new patients.
Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Vallerie Mclaughlin is a Cardiologist and an Internal Medicine provider practicing medicine in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Mclaughlin is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. She is also highly rated in 12 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), Angioplasty, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Mclaughlin is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease.
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David Harrison is a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Harrison is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertension. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypertension, Vasoconstriction, Atherosclerosis, and Coronary Heart Disease.
Summary: In this study, researchers will learn more about the use of felzartamab in participants with primary membranous nephropathy, also known as PMN. In people with PMN, autoantibodies build up in the glomeruli of the kidney. Antibodies are proteins that help the body fight off infection. An autoantibody is a type of antibody that mistakenly targets and attacks the body's own tissues. Glomeruli are the ...
Summary: This study aims to compare a multidisciplinary clinical hypertension and social needs intervention to enhanced standard of care for hypertension management in primary care clinics with regards to hypertension control outcomes.
Published Date: January 01, 2019
Published By: National Institutes of Health