"Hypertension patients" refers to people who have a medical condition called hypertension or high blood pressure, where the force of blood against the artery walls is too high. Full definition
He added that there is a possibility the millions of hypertension patients in the country could eat a bar of this heart healthy chocolate every afternoon and their blood pressure would drop into the normal range, and they would be more alert and attentive. (sciencedaily.com)
A growing number of hypertension patients use mobile - health technologies to track and manage their conditions, the authors write in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension. (scientificamerican.com)
A spate of health care reforms introduced in 2009 (Science, 1 February 2013, p. 505) includes free blood pressure checks and partially subsidized drugs for hypertension patients. (science.sciencemag.org)