Acute cardiovascular syndromes caused by hypertensive crisis – clinical approach
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Hypertensive crisis profile. Prevalence and clinical presentation.
OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of hypertensive crisis, related clinical findings, and the organic lesions involved. METHOD This retrospective study comprised the analysis of the medical records of symptomatic patients with an elevation in diastolic blood pressure levels > or = 120 mmHg, who sought the emergency unit of a university-affiliated hospital over 12 months. Hypertensive urgency ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annales Academiae Medicae Silesiensis
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1734-025X
DOI: 10.18794/aams/95210