Malignant hypertension. Case series of 42 patients
Herbland, A.; Lasserre, R.; Minifie, C.; Lemetayer, P.; Clementy, J.; Gosse, P.
Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux 97(4): 299-304
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9683 PMID: 15182072 Document Number: 570711
One could expect that malignant hypertension would belong to the history. Unfortunately, this complication has not been eradicated even though many physicians have already forgot it. The hypertension care units are still confronted to it, and even the arrival of the renin-angiotensin system blockers have changed the prognosis of those patients, an adequate management on emergency remains mandatory in order to avoid in particular the evolution to renal failure. By reporting a series of 42 patients included in a period of 7 years, we aimed to remind the presentation of this severe pattern of hypertension and the basics of its management.