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Hypertension

In medicine, hypertension refers to the problem of abnormally high blood pressure.

There are three main types of hypertension, namely:

  1. arterial hypertension - with an elevated blood pressure in the systemic circulation
  2. pulmonary hypertension - with an elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary circulation
  3. portal hypertension with an elevated blood pressure in the portocaval system



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