Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Cardiovascular Disorders Hypertension

Hypertension, or persistently elevated arterial blood pressure, is the most prevalent modifiable cardiovascular disorder and a principal cause of heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. It is defined by sustained elevation of systolic and diastolic pressure above accepted thresholds and is …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 41× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2329-9487 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Hypertension, or persistently elevated arterial blood pressure, is the most prevalent modifiable cardiovascular disorder and a principal cause of heart disease, stroke, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease. It is defined by sustained elevation of systolic and diastolic pressure above accepted thresholds and is classified as primary (essential) hypertension, which predominates and reflects multifactorial genetic, neurohormonal, vascular, and lifestyle influences, or secondary hypertension attributable to identifiable renal, endocrine, or other causes. Its pathophysiology involves increased peripheral vascular resistance, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone and sympathetic activation, endothelial dysfunction, and arterial stiffening, which together damage target organs over time. Within cardiology, hypertension is studied across epidemiology, awareness and control, clinical course, and treatment, with research addressing the prevalence, awareness, and treatment of hypertension in defined populations and age groups, the clinical profile and short-term outcomes of hypertensive crisis, early vascular damage assessed by carotid intima-media thickness in young patients, the role of sports and exercise medicine, the efficacy and safety of antihypertensive combinations such as calcium-channel-blocker regimens, and standardized methods for measuring blood pressure in research. These efforts link hypertension to broader cardiovascular and renal risk. This topic assembles peer-reviewed research relevant to hypertension as a core cardiovascular disorder, encompassing its epidemiology, pathophysiology, target-organ effects, clinical management, and pharmacological treatment.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2019

Hypertension Today: Role of Sports and Exercise Medicine

Stefani LauraCorresponding author
Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit-Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine University of Florence –Italy.
Hypertension and Cardiology Cited by 11 doi:10.14302/issn.2329-9487.jhc-19-2714

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 41 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Hypertension and Cardiology (ISSN 2329-9487).

Journal editorial board
Hatori Nobuo · Japan Gregor Leibundgut · Switzerland Yuejin Li · United States

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