Blood vessels

Blood pressure that stays higher than it should over time.

Condition 1 claim Evidence checked not recorded

Taking repeated blood pressure readings while a person goes about a normal waking day, to check whether a high reading in the clinic is confirmed.

Intervention 1 claim Evidence checked 2026-10-11

Medicines that lower blood pressure, started and adjusted for adults whose high blood pressure is confirmed.

Intervention 6 claims Evidence checked 2026-10-11

Using medicines and lifestyle changes to bring blood pressure below a chosen number and keep it there.

Intervention 5 claims Evidence checked not recorded

Measuring your own blood pressure with a device, at home or somewhere else outside the clinic.

Intervention 1 claim Evidence checked 2026-10-11

A treatment plan that adjusts blood-pressure medicines until the top number is under 120, rather than the more usual under 140.

Intervention 3 claims Evidence checked not recorded

Swapping ordinary table salt for a salt that has part of its sodium replaced with potassium. The aim is lower blood pressure and, over years, fewer strokes. In SSaSS, a trial in rural China among...

Intervention 5 claims Evidence checked 2026-10-12

An electronic blood pressure monitor, the Omron HEM-907. The US Food and Drug Administration cleared it in 2000. The FDA record names Omron Healthcare, Inc. only as the applicant for that clearance...

Product 2 claims Evidence checked 2026-10-12

A blood pressure device with a cuff for the upper arm that works out the reading itself from signals in the cuff.

Technology 1 claim Evidence checked 2026-10-11

How hard the blood pushes on the arteries and other blood vessels. Oscillometric blood pressure devices estimate a systolic value and a diastolic value.

Biomarker 2 claims Evidence checked 2026-10-11

Sodium is the part of table salt linked with higher blood pressure when people eat a lot of it. The World Health Organization advises adults to keep sodium below 2 grams a day, which is about 5 grams...

Risk factor 2 claims Evidence checked 2026-10-11

A large US trial that compared aiming for a top blood-pressure number below 120 with aiming below 140 in adults aged 50 and over at higher heart risk who did not have diabetes or a past stroke.

Study 1 claim Evidence checked not recorded

STRIDE BP is a group that keeps lists of validated blood pressure monitors on its website, https://www.stridebp.org/. Its terms do not allow its content to be copied into another site, so this atlas...

Resource 0 claims Evidence checked 2026-10-12

A suggested order for reading this atlas, for an adult who has been told they have a high blood pressure reading, and for their family. It starts with what a reading and a diagnosis mean, goes...

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Many devices that measure blood pressure without an inflating cuff are on sale, and they claim to be accurate. A European hypertension expert group says they could change how high blood pressure is...

Idea 2 claims Evidence checked 2026-10-11