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Hypertension and Hypertensive Crisis

Hypertension is a sustained or intermittent elevation in diastolic or systolic blood pressure. It occurs in two major types: essential (primary) hypertension, the most common; and secondary hypertension, which results from renal disease or another identifiable cause. Malignant hypertension is a severe fulmitant form of hypertension common to both types. Hypertension is a major cause [...]

December 23, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Hypertension  3 Comments