Hypertension
Also: high blood pressure · raised BP
Hypertension (high blood pressure) is a major, often symptomless, risk factor for heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. Management centres on confirming the diagnosis, estimating overall cardiovascular risk, and lowering pressure with lifestyle and medication.
The cardiovascular-risk tools, antihypertensive drugs and explainers are gathered here.
Calculators & scores
- Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)Haemodynamics
- ACC/AHA Pooled Cohort Equations — ASCVD RiskCardiovascular Risk
- SCORE2 — 10-Year CVD Risk (Age 40–69)Cardiovascular Risk
- SCORE2-OP — 5/10-Year CVD Risk (Age ≥ 70)Cardiovascular Risk
- SCORE2-Diabetes 10-Year CVD Risk in Type 2 DiabetesCardiovascular Risk
- AUB-HAS2 Cardiovascular Risk IndexCardiovascular Risk
- ACC/AHA Pooled Cohort Equations (ASCVD Risk)Cardiovascular Risk
- QRISK3 — 10-Year Cardiovascular RiskCardiovascular Risk
- Framingham Risk ScoreCardiovascular Risk
- PREVENT Cardiovascular Risk Calculator (AHA/ACC 2023)Cardiovascular Risk
- Reynolds Risk Score for WomenCardiovascular Risk
- REVEAL 2.0 Risk Score for Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionPulmonary Hypertension
- Cardiovascular Risk in Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (CAR-OLT) ScorePerioperative Risk
- SMART Risk Score for Recurrent CVDCardiovascular Risk
Decision pathways
- Acute Pulmonary Hypertension / RV FailureESC/ERS 2022 Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pre-Eclampsia / Eclampsia in EDNICE NG133; RCOG Green-top 10A
- Primary AldosteronismEndocrine Society 2016
- Hypertension ManagementNICE NG136 2019
- Secondary Hypertension WorkupNICE NG136; ESH 2023
- Idiopathic Intracranial HypertensionABN; consensus 2018
- Scleroderma Renal CrisisEULAR 2023; UK Scleroderma Study Group
- Sympathomimetic / cocaine / MDMA toxicityTOXBASE/NPIS; AACT/EAPCCT; AHA scientific statement on cocaine cardiotoxicity
Drugs
- BisoprololAntihypertensive
- AmlodipineAntihypertensive
- RamiprilAntihypertensive
- SpironolactoneDiuretic
- Lisinopril (HFrEF / Post-MI)ACE Inhibitor / HFrEF
- Candesartan (HFrEF / ACEi Intolerance)ARB / HFrEF
- IndapamideThiazide-like diuretic
- LisinoprilACE inhibitor
- Lisinopril with hydrochlorothiazideACE inhibitor + thiazide
- Losartan potassiumAngiotensin II receptor antagonist (ARB)
- Losartan with hydrochlorothiazideARB + thiazide
- Olmesartan with amlodipineARB + CCB
Patient explainers
Decision support only. These tools are aggregated by topic to aid navigation — always apply clinical judgement and the relevant national or local guideline.