title: Hypertension. Silent killer.
abstract: Hypertension is the leading cause of heart disease in the United States. Still, this common and potentially life-threatening disease, affecting 25 percent of the adult American population, is not well controlled. New research gives the medical community the tools needed to fight hypertension.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rapport
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology