Hypertensive Heart DiseaseSymptoms, Doctors, Treatments, Advances & More
Learn About Hypertensive Heart Disease
Hypertensive heart disease refers to heart problems that occur because of high blood pressure that is present over a long time.
Hypertension - hypertensive heart; High blood pressure - hypertensive heart
High blood pressure means the pressure inside the blood vessels (called arteries) is too high. As the heart pumps against this pressure, it must work harder. Over time, this causes the heart muscle to thicken.
Because there are often no symptoms with high blood pressure, people can have the problem without knowing it. Symptoms most often do not occur until after many years of poor blood pressure control, when damage to the heart has occurred.
Eventually, the muscle may become so thick that it does not get enough oxygen. This can cause angina (chest pain). Without appropriate blood pressure control, the heart muscle can weaken over time and heart failure may develop.
High blood pressure also leads to thickening of the blood vessel walls. When combined with cholesterol deposits in the blood vessels, the risk of heart attack and stroke increases.
Hypertensive heart disease is the leading cause of illness and death from high blood pressure.
Contact your health care provider if you have high blood pressure and develop any symptoms or if your blood pressure is not at your target level.
Diagnosing high blood pressure early can help prevent heart disease, stroke, eye problems, and chronic kidney disease.
Most people age 18 and older should have their blood pressure checked every year. More frequent measurement may be needed for those with a history of high blood pressure readings or those with risk factors for high blood pressure.
Guidelines can change as new information becomes available, Therefore, your provider may recommend more frequent checks based on your blood pressure levels and other health conditions.
If your blood pressure is high, you need to lower it and keep it under control.
- Do not stop or change high blood pressure medicines without talking to your provider.
- Carefully control diabetes and high cholesterol.
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center
Scott Solomon is a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Solomon is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertensive Heart Disease. He is also highly rated in 28 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Atherosclerosis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Solomon is board certified in Internal Medicine.
MUSC Health Cardiology At Ashley River Tower
Dr. Zile is a graduate of Rush University School of Medicine. He did his internal medicine residency at Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center in Chicago, a clinical cardiology fellowship at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston and a research cardiology fellowship at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston. Dr. Zile is currently the Charles Ezra Daniel professor of medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina.He also serves as the director of cardiology at the Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Charleston. He is an adjunct professor of bioengineering at Clemson University.Dr. Zile's research career has involved both basic laboratory research examining the mechanisms of disease development and progression and translational clinical research examining the application of these basic mechanisms to development of effective treatment methods.Dr. Zile is a recognized leader in the areas of cardiac function, congestive heart failure, diastolic heart failure and valvular heart disease. His research is supported by grants from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, the American Heart Association, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Medical University of South Carolina.Dr. Zile is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed publications. He is a member of a number of professional societies including the American College of Physicians, American Federation of Clinical Research, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, the Heart Failure Society of America, International Society of Heart Failure, and the American Physiology Society. Dr. Zile has served on the research, educational and program committees of these organizations. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation and is an editorial consultant to a number of others including Circulation Research, Journal of Clinical Investigation and the American Journal of Physiology. Dr. Zile is a member of the Association of University Cardiologists and a member of the ABIM Subspecialty Board on Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Zile is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertensive Heart Disease. He is also highly rated in 14 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), Hypertensive Heart Disease, Pacemaker Implantation, and Cardiac Ablation. Dr. Zile is currently accepting new patients.
Georgia Heart Institute
Zaid Said is a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Braselton, Georgia. He has been practicing medicine for over 22 years. Dr. Said is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Hypertensive Heart Disease. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypertensive Heart Disease, Pediatric Myocarditis, Atrial Fibrillation, Necrosis, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Said is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease - 2017 and American Board Of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine - 2015. Dr. Said is currently accepting new patients.
Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of using a food product, dry finely dispersed beetroot powder in a dose of 20 g, containing 800 mg of nitrate (NO3-), in relation to the regulation of blood pressure in men with hypertension who reached the target blood pressure level while taking optimal antihypertensive therapy. Characteristics of the study: randomized, open, and cross-sectional. Relevance of the st...
Summary: By harnessing artificial intelligence to decode the 12-lead electrocardiogram, the project will enable precise ECG-based phenotyping of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-accurately classifying septal, apical, and other morphologic subtypes-while simultaneously differentiating HCM from hypertensive heart disease, aortic stenosis, and other phenocopy disorders.
Published Date: January 27, 2026
Published By: Thomas S. Metkus MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, MD, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.
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