hypertensive
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of hypertensive
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Bauza died Sunday in his home of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s office determined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
After Walker’s death, a medical examiner ruled that she died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease with preeclampsia, the latter of which is a dangerous pregnancy-related high blood pressure condition that doctors had identified in Walker.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
A spokesperson for the office of the chief medical examiner in Connecticut told the PA agency he suffered from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024
“If you’re hypertensive, you decrease the blood returning to your heart and your blood pressure can drop,” she added.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
Using rodent models for the disease, the researchers saw that drugs that limit cellular uptake of glutamine and serine deprived hypertensive pulmonary blood vessels of their craving.
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024
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