Diagnostic Criteria for Hypertension in Cardiovascular Medicine
Hypertension is diagnostically defined by a blood pressure cutoff of 140 systolic over 90 diastolic, confirmed only after three separate measurements taken across three separate office visits. Blood pressure is understood physiologically as a function of intravascular volume (affecting systolic pressure) and vascular tone or total peripheral resistance from vasoconstriction/dilation (affecting diastolic pressure), a distinction central to cardiovascular medicine's approach to classifying and managing elevated blood pressure, including primary versus secondary hypertension.
Diagnostic Criteria for Hypertension in Cardiovascular Medicine
Hypertension is diagnostically defined by a blood pressure cutoff of 140 systolic over 90 diastolic, confirmed only after three separate measurements taken across three separate office visits. Blood …