Heart disease is one of the biggest silent killers globally. Having hypertension (or high blood pressure) means that the pressure in your arteries that pump blood from your heart to the rest of your organs and throughout your body is too great. This abnormal blood pressure is what puts stress on the heart and causes premature death. High blood pressure is an issue if the systolic blood pressure (when your heart pumps) is over 140-mmHg and the diastolic blood pressure (when your heart relaxes) is over 90-mmHg.
