Hypertensive Heart Disease

Heart prob­lems — includ­ing thick­en­ing of the heart mus­cle and heart fail­ure — caused by long-term high blood pres­sure.

Sleep research — includ­ing Stan­ford’s SleepFM study — has found that sig­nals record­ed dur­ing a sin­gle night’s sleep can be asso­ci­at­ed with future risk of this and relat­ed con­di­tions. This is gen­er­al infor­ma­tion, not a diag­no­sis. Learn about the research behind this entry →