Blood Pressure
Hypertension is the clinical name for high blood pressure. Although hypertension may evolve with or without symptoms, patients should have their blood pressure checked regularly as hypertension increases the risk of having other health complications such as strokes and heart attacks. Blood pressure is the measure of how much blood the heart pumps as well as the resistance blood meets on its way through the arteries. If the heart requires more work than average to pump the blood the body needs, or if the blood is met with excessive pressure on its way through the arteries, this is considered high blood pressure, or hypertension.