Back Hipertensie Afrikaans ارتفاع ضغط الدم Arabic ارتفاع ضغط الدم ARZ উচ্চ ৰক্তচাপ Assamese Hipertensión arterial AST Arterial hipertenziya Azerbaijani یوخاری قان فیشاری AZB Гипертония Bashkir Bluadhochdruck BAR Артэрыяльная гіпертэнзія Byelorussian
| Hypertension | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
 Automated arm blood pressure meter showing hypertension (with a systolic blood pressure of 158 and diastolic blood pressure of 99) | |
| ICD-10 | I10.,I11.,I12., I13.,I15. |
| ICD-9 | 401 |
| OMIM | 145500 |
| DiseasesDB | 6330 |
| MedlinePlus | 000468 |
| eMedicine | med/1106 ped/1097 emerg/267 |
| MeSH | D006973 |
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is higher than it should be. This involves the heart working harder than normal to circulate blood through the blood vessels.