Feb 13, 2018 · (USMLE topics, cardiology) Blood pressure: systolic and diastolic; hypertension: guidelines, causes, risk factors, complications, treatment, antihypertensive drugs. ...more

Heart Foundation NZ presents this animated video explaining what blood pressure is, how it affects your risk of heart attack and stroke, and choices you can ...

This video, created by Nucleus Medical Media, shows high blood pressure, or hypertension. This is a common condition in which the force of blood on the walls of your arteries is often too high.

Sep 24, 2012 · Understand the symptoms of hypertension and how it creates a risk for cardiovascular complications, stroke, and kidney failure. Explore measurement, pathophysiology, risk factors, complications, medications, and lifestyle changes.

With each cardiac cycle, the heart ejects less blood. The brain recognizes this and signals to the heart to pump faster, eventually leading to heart failure and damage to other organs, such as the brain and the kidneys. Treatments for hypertension include lifestyle changes and drug therapy.

MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: A healthcare professional can measure your blood pressure to find out if you have high blood pressure. This video will help you understand what the numbers in your blood pressure mean.

May 16, 2017 · Hypertension can lead to narrowing, rupturing or leaking of blood vessels and can also cause blood clots in the arteries that connect to the brain, blocking blood flow and potentially causing a stroke.

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What is Hypertension? Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects over a billion people around the world, and over time is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.

What does high blood pressure do to your arteries? Find out in this animation. Nearly 1 in 3 adult Americans have it. African Americans are especially at risk. Learn why hypertension is called...