Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and death in the United States. While this has traditionally been known as an adult-onset issue, the recent obesity epidemic (and increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension) have brought this to the forefront of pediatrics as well.
Read MorePediatric hypertension, or high blood pressure in kids, is a problem that is growing nationally. Blood pressure can be thought of as the resistance or pressure exerted in the walls of the blood vessels throughout the body.
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