高血压是一种以体循环动脉压升高为主要特点的临床综合征,动脉压的持续升高可导致靶器官如心脏、肾脏、脑和血管的损害,并伴全身代谢性改变。当今,心脑血管疾病是国人人群死亡的重要原因之一,其在各种死亡原因中的百分比,在过去的四十年间上升近30个百分点。心脑血管病中主要致残、致死的原因是脑卒中、各型冠心病、心力衰竭等,而高血压在上述临床病征的发病机制中占有十分重要的地位。根据1亿人口的监测,心脑血管疾病死亡者中58%由脑卒中引 Hypertension is a clinical syndrome characterized by elevated systemic arterial pressure. Continued increases in arterial pressure can lead to damage to target organs such as the heart, kidney, brain and blood vessels, with systemic metabolic changes. Today, cardio-cerebrovascular disease is one of the major causes of death among the Chinese population. Its percentage in various causes of death has risen nearly 30 percentage points in the past 40 years. The main cause of disability in cardiovascular disease, death due to stroke, various types of coronary heart disease, heart failure, etc., and hypertension in the pathogenesis of these clinical signs occupy a very important position. According to the monitoring of 100 million people, 58% of deaths from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are caused by stroke