Prognostic impact of hypertensive urgencies on cardiovascular events
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Hypertensive urgencies and emergencies.
Hypertension management is a common reason for visits to primary care physicians. One third of patients with hypertension do not have controlled blood pressure, and may present to the physician's office with hypertensive urgencies or emergencies. How to define severely elevated blood pressure, appropriate triage, and the clinical evaluation of those with hypertensive urgencies or emergencies is...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0895-7061
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2004.03.512