Definitions
Condition in which the blood vessels have persistently raised pressure.
What is hypertension?
The threshold systolic number to be considered hypertension
What is 140?
Age at which the risk for hypertension increases.
What is 65?
The hardening and thickening of the arteries.
What is atherosclerosis?
The heart chambers that pump blood out into the body.
What are ventricles?
Narrowing of the blood vessels.
What is vasoconstriction?
The threshold diastolic number to be considered hypertension
What is 90?
A temporary condition that can raise blood pressure.
What is pregnancy?
A rupture of this can be life threatening.
What is an aneurysm?
Blood flows from the left ventricle to this vessel.
What is the aorta?
Widening of the blood vessels.
What is vasodilation?
The number of Americans affected by hypertension
What is 75 million?
Too much in the diet puts you at risk for hypertension.
What is salt?
This can result in a loss of vision.
This vessel carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
What are the pulmonary veins?
The phase in which the heart muscle relaxes and allows the chambers to fill with blood.
What is diastolic?
Percentage of people who have hypertension who do not have it controlled below threshold.
What is 90%?
Not enough of this in the diet could cause high blood pressure.
What is potassium?
This complication in turn makes you more likely to develop diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
What is metabolic syndrome?
This chamber sends deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary artery.
What is the right atrium?
The phase during which the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries.
What is systolic?
The percentage of people with hypertension who do not know they have it
What is 1/3?
Risk factor relating to others, not to the patient themself.
What is family history?
Caused by limited blood flow to the brain.
What is vascular dementia?
These vessels supply the lungs with blood.
What are the bronchial arteries?