High Blood Pressure

When it comes to diagnosing and treating hypertension, the sooner the better for your heart health. We offer treatment tailored to each patient:

• Lifestyle modifications. One of the best ways to control high blood pressure is through changing some of your habits. Our physicians can help you quit smoking, begin an exercise program, lose weight, reduce stress, and control diabetes—all effective ways to lower blood pressure.
• Medications. One or more medications can be effective, but our goal is to lower blood pressure with fewer medications:
  • ACE inhibitors prevent the formation of a chemical that narrows blood vessels, helping to relax them and reduce blood pressure.
  • ARBs relax your blood vessels by blocking a chemical that normally works to narrow your arteries and veins.
  • Diuretics help your body eliminate excess water, reducing blood volume and blood pressure.
  • Calcium channel blockers work by relaxing the muscles in your blood vessels.
• Rheos blood pressure device. For patients with high blood pressure that can't be controlled with medications, UR Medicine Cardiac Care offers the innovative Rheos blood pressure device (and helped pioneer its usage). This small implantable device, about the size of a pacemaker, helps control blood pressure through electrical stimulation of the carotid arteries.