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Descriptor English:   Hypertension, Malignant 
Descriptor Spanish:   Hipertensión Maligna 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Hipertensão Maligna 
Tree Number:   C14.907.489.330
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   malignant does not refer to neoplasm: refers to severe hypertension with papilledema & arterial necrosis
See Related English:   Hypertensive Encephalopathy
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   7153 
Unique Identifier:   D006974 

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