title: Hypertension and heart disease.
abstract: Peripheral blood pressure and heart disease are closely linked. Hypertension is not only associated with, but also a cause of, heart disease and evidence is mounting that treating hypertension reduces cardiac events. The knowledge and management of blood pressure is a key element of cardiac care.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular