A particularly severe version of this condition arises from a mutation to the ENaC sodium channel in Liddle syndrome. Drugs ending in “-sartan” act as receptor antagonists for a peptide that promotes this condition. Situations where this condition emerges only in medical settings is jokingly referred to as white coat syndrome. This condition and proteinuria act as diagnostic markers of preeclampsia. ACE inhibitors are prescribed to treat this condition by inhibiting the production of angiotensin II. This condition can be diagnosed with a reading of 140 over 90 or higher on a sphygmomanometer, which takes measurements for the systole and diastole. For 10 points, name this condition in which blood exerts an abnormally high force on the arteries it flows through. ■END■
ANSWER: hypertension [or high blood pressure; or elevated blood pressure; prompt on blood pressure]
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