Hypertension

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• Hypertension

  Persistently high blood pressure.
• Ischaemia

  Reduced blood supply.
• Wasting syndrome

  Severe weight loss due to malnutrition or illness.
• Unsaturated fatty acids

  Healthy fats with double bonds.
• Myocardial infarction

  Heart attack.
• Myocardium

  Heart muscle tissue.
• Orthopnoea

  Breathlessness when lying flat.
• Oxygen

  Life-supporting gas.
• Plaque

  Fatty deposits in arteries.
• Polyunsaturated fatty acids

  Healthy fats with multiple double bonds.
• Preload

  Blood volume in ventricle before contraction.
• Pulmonary artery

  Carries blood to lungs.
• Saturated fatty acids

  Unhealthy fats without double bonds.
• Stable angina

  Chest pain at rest.
• Stroke claudication

  Limb pain due to poor blood flow.
• Stroke volume

  Blood pumped per heartbeat.
• Supine position

  Lying face-up.
• Symptoms

  Signs of disease.
• Systemic circulation

  Blood flow to all body tissues.
• Systole

  Heart contraction phase.
• Systolic pressure

  Pressure during heartbeat contraction.
• Systolic volume

  Blood in ventricle after contraction.
• Vascular elasticity

  Ability of vessels to stretch and return.
• Vasodilator

  Substance that widens blood vessels.
• Ventricles

  Lower heart chambers.