ALLMedicine™ Malignant Hypertension Center

Aug 4th, 2021 - Acute and diffuse microvascular damage characterizes malignant hypertension (MHT), the deadliest form of hypertension (HTN). Although its ophthalmological, renal and cardiological repercussions are well known, brain involvement is considered rare ...

Apr 17th, 2021 - Bilateral exudative retinal detachment and choroidopathy as the presenting signs of malignant hypertension.|2021|Kapoor A,Kumar A,Chawla R,|

Feb 19th, 2021 - Practice patterns of eculizumab use are not well described. We examined indications for, and outcomes of, eculizumab therapy in a tertiary care nephrology center. We used the "Vienna TMA cohort" and the hospital pharmacy database at the Medical Un...

Feb 10th, 2021 - Systemic hypertension is related to a variety of retinal manifestations. Reported herein is a case of malignant hypertension associated with bilateral foveal neurosensory detachment in a middle age woman with stenosis of the left renal artery. The...

Jan 20th, 2021 - A 32-year-old man was found to have a nasal mass on DOTATATE positron emission tomography (PET) scan to investigate the cause of his syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH). The patient presented 6 years earlier with malig...

Feb 27th, 2020 - People with true Bell palsy generally have an excellent prognosis, and spontaneous recovery is fairly common, so treatment of Bell palsy is still controversial. The goals of treatment are to improve facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve) function an...

Apr 18th, 2017 - Researchers have developed and validated a new diagnostic tool – the PLASMIC score – that rapidly predicts severe ADAMTS13 deficiency in patients who present with thrombotic microangiopathy, effectively distinguishing those who have thrombotic thr.

Mar 13th, 2017 - Each week, we publish a new Fast Five Quiz focused on a specific clinical topic. We compiled the toughest questions into a cardiology challenge round. Tens of thousands of your colleagues answered, but less than half were able to correctly identif...

Mar 13th, 2017 - Malignant hypertension and accelerated hypertension are both hypertensive emergencies, with similar outcomes and therapies. Accelerated hypertension is defined as a recent significant increase over baseline blood pressure that is associated with t...

Mar 13th, 2017 - Malignant hypertension and accelerated hypertension are both hypertensive emergencies, with similar outcomes and therapies. Accelerated hypertension is defined as a recent significant increase over baseline blood pressure that is associated with t...