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Descriptor English: Hypertension, Malignant
Descriptor Spanish: Hipertensión Maligna
Descriptor hipertensión maligna
Scope note: Condición caracterizada por una PRESIÓN ARTERIAL marcadamente elevada, con una PRESIÓN DIASTÓLICA por lo general superior a 120 mm Hg, lesiones vasculares generalizadas, PAPILEDEMA, retinopatía, ENCEFALOPATÍA HIPERTENSIVA, y disfunción renal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hipertensão Maligna
Descriptor French: Hypertension artérielle maligne
Entry term(s): Malignant Hypertension
Tree number(s): C14.907.489.330
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006974
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: malignant does not refer to neoplasm: refers to severe hypertension with papilledema & arterial necrosis
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Hypertensive Encephalopathy MeSH
DeCS ID: 7153
Unique ID: D006974
NLM Classification: WG 340
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/07
Hypertension, Malignant - Preferred
Concept UI M0010861
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Hypertension, Malignant
Entry term(s) Malignant Hypertension



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