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severe hypertension that runs a rapid course and damages the inner linings of the blood vessels and the heart and spleen and kidneys and brain
malignant hypertension is the most lethal form of hypertension
How To Use malignant hypertension In A Sentence
- Bilateral nephrectomy has been reported to ‘cure’ malignant hypertension in hemodialysis patients.
- It is rare for malignant hypertension to cause asymmetric hypertensive retinopathy.
- malignant hypertension is the most lethal form of hypertension
- Malignant hypertension is defined as a diastolic blood pressure of 120 mmHg or having evidence of acute organ damage such as swelling in the back of the eye. CNN.com
