Diseases

Malignant Hypertension

A condition of markedly elevated BLOOD PRESSURE with DIASTOLIC PRESSURE usually greater than 120 mm Hg. Malignant hypertension is characterized by widespread vascular damage, PAPILLEDEMA, retinopathy, HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY, and renal dysfunction.

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A condition of markedly elevated BLOOD PRESSURE with DIASTOLIC PRESSURE usually greater than 120 mm Hg. Malignant hypertension is characterized by widespread vascular damage, PAPILLEDEMA, retinopathy, HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY, and renal dysfunction.

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  • Hypertension, Malignant

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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malignant does not refer to neoplasm: refers to severe hypertension with papilledema & arterial necrosis

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WG 340

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Malignant Hypertension. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006974. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006974
  2. Malignant Hypertension. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertensive_crisis
  3. Malignant Hypertension. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1641132