In a separate study, Stony Brook researchers found that 15 patients with chronic hypertension reduced their blood pressure significantly after floating.

Advanced age, chronic hypertension, smoking and diabetes mellitus are risk factors.

White matter atrophy can be caused by many circumstances including chronic hypertension as well as old age.

Undetected chronic hypertension can lead to sudden death among coarctation repair patients, at higher rates as time progresses.

At this point, the doctors believed his enlarged heart was due to chronic hypertension.

It has been shown that people who suffer from chronic hypertension can tolerate higher arterial pressure before their autoregulation system is disrupted.

Individuals with a history of chronic hypertension may not tolerate a "normal" blood pressure.

"When resentment is chronic, chronic hypertension and heart trouble follow."

Methyldopa is used to help control blood pressure in chronic hypertension during pregnancy.

Also safe are alphamethyldopa and propranolol to treat chronic hypertension.