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Malignant Hypertension
- Diastolic greater than 140 mmHg
- Rapidly rises
Pathology
- fibrinoid necrosis in vessel walls
End-organ damage
- Kidneys
- renal failure
- proteinuria
- haematuria
- Cerebral oedema
- Papilloedema
- Encephalopathy
- fluctuating neurological signs
- Left ventricular hypertrophy / failure
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