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Target organs
Organs that can be damaged by hypertension, especially arteries of the heart, brain, kidney, eye, and lower extremities. A body organ whose metabolic function responds to a hormone in a specific way. In radiology, organ intended to receive the greatest therapeutic or diagnostic dose of a radioactive substance. The specific organ (or tissue) at which…
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Stroke-prone rats
Rats that have a greater tendency to develop stroke than other rats when they become hypertensive.
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Stress test
A type of test used to evaluate the effect of exercise on the electrical activity and function of the heart and on the blood flow in the coronary arteries. An examination and analysis of heart/lung function while the body is undergoing physical exercise, generally accomplished when a person walks or runs on a treadmill device…
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Stimulate
To excite and cause increased activity. To make a person or organ react, respond or function.
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Stethoscope
An instrument used to listen to sounds made by the heart, the lungs, and arterial narrowing or pulsations (including sounds in the arm during blood pressure measurement). An instrument used to listen to the heart and lungs actions. A surgical instrument with two earpieces connected to a tube and a metal disc, used by doctors…
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Sodium
A mineral that makes up 40 percent of sodium chloride, which is commonly used as table salt in cooking and in processed food. Some salt-sensitive people retain salt and water, which can cause hypertension. A chemical element which is the basic substance in salt. An essential mineral found in every cell in the body. Sodium…
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Secrete
Elaborate, give off, or produce. To separate from the blood or a gland. To produce a substance such as hormone, oil or enzyme. To separate from the blood, a living organism, or a gland. To isolate, especially to extract a secretion from blood or create one using materials provided by the blood.
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Resistant hypertension
Hypertension that does not appear to respond to lifestyle changes and drug treatment.
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Renal artery stenosis
Narrowing of an artery to a kidney that, if severe, may cause hypertension by increasing renin. The renin then generates angiotensin, a powerful constrictor of arterioles. An obstruction in one or both arteries that supply the kidneys; a relatively uncommon cause of hypertension. In young women the cause is usually fibromuscular dysplasia of one or…
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Renal
Related to the kidney. Having to do with the kidneys.
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