From: Robert Kelly, MD	Category: Hypertension
City:  -	Language: English

Blood pressure refers to the pressure your blood is under to push the blood to your body. High Blood Pressure is comonly called the silent killer, since it usually does not cause symptoms. Hardening of the arteries and too much salt in the diet can cause your blood pressure to increase. Video courtesy of eMedTV.com

From: Marcus St John, MD	Category: Hypertension
City: Miami	Language: English

An overview of High Blood Pressure, or Hypertension. Blood pressure refers to the pressure that the blood in under when it moves through the arteries. A normal BP is less than 120/80. High blood pressure is frequently called "the silent killer", since there are rarely symptoms associated with it. Hypertension is a risk factor in blindness, stroke, heart attack, kidney failure, and poor circulation. Hardening of the arteries and too much salt can worsen blood pressure.

From: Neal Skop, MD	Category: Hypertension
City: Philadelphia	Language: English

White Coat Hypertension is the phenomenon that occurs when a patient measures their blood pressure at home and finds that the blood pressure is normal, but at the doctors office the blood pressure is found to be high. White coat hypertension is partly secondary to anxiety. Ambulatory blood pressure monitering can assess BP at home. An EKG-electrocardiogram, or an echocardiogram-an ultrasound of the heart may also be helpful.

From: Suzanne Oparil, MD	Category: Hypertension
City: Birmingham	Language: English

Dr. Suzanne Oparil, a noted cardiologist, reviews a quiz about high blood pressure, or hypertension. Just because your family does not have a history of high blood pressure, you can still get high blood pressure. Being African American does make you higher risk for hypertension. As you get older, the risk of developing high blood pressure gets higher.

From: Matthew Koslow, MD	Category: Hypertension
City:  -	Language: English

High Blood Pressure is commonly called the silent killer, since there are usually no symptoms from high blood pressure. However, High Blood Pressure causes very serious effects on multiple organ systems, including the cardiovascular system. It causes hardening of the arteries called athersclerosis. It can also cause thickening of the heart muscle, which can cause heart failure. Shortness of breath and leg swelling are findings of heart failure.

From: Christopher Cannon, MD	Category: Hypertension
City: Boston	Language: English

Blood pressure: Dr Christopher Cannon, a cardiologist at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, reviews high blood pressure. Hypertension puts strain on the heart and causes thickening of the heart muslce, it can also affect the blood vessels in the brain, and is a risk factor for stroke, and can cause kidney disease. Treatment consists of exercise, low salt diet and medications.

From: Arie Szatkowski, MD	Category: Hypertension
City: Memphis	Language: English

Dr, Arie Szatkowski, a cardiologist, discusses hypertension or high blood pressure. There are different stages of high blood pressure. Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80. For mild hypertension, lifestyle changes can control mild blood pressure with regular exercise,a low salt diet high in fruits, vegetable, and fiber, weight loss, decrease alcohol intake, and regular exercise. Some people will need blood pressure medications.

From: Brian Kessler, MD	Category: Hypertension
City: New York	Language: English

ARB- angiotensin receptor blockers, such as avapro, cozaar, and diovan, and ACEi- angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors-such as vasotec, zestril and monopril both affect the hormonal system which controls constriction of the arteries. Beta blockers such as toprol and tenormin lower the heart rate and the force of contraction of the heart. Calcium blockers, such as procardia and norvasc, as well as diuretics can also be helpful.

From: Randy Wexler, MD	Category: Hypertension
City: Columbus	Language: English

A new study at Ohio State University is looking at an implant to help control blood pressure. This is the first study to look at an implantable device to control blood pressure.