High blood pressure is considered to be a reading above 140/. At this level there is an increased risk of heart conditions, stroke, kidney disease and vascular dementia. High blood pressure has ...

In 2017, the American Heart Association and other health organizations revised the definition of high blood pressure, ...

Systolic blood pressure decreases by at least 20 mmHg upon standing Diastolic blood pressure decreases by at least 10 mmHg upon standing Orthostatic hypertension—in contrast to orthostatic ...

[21] This definition, in the absence of other more ... of either passive tilting or active standing to elicit orthostatic hypertension, the phenomenon and associated clinical findings are seen ...