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Malignant hypertension--improving prognosis in a rare disease.

Abstract
A follow-up was made of 69 patients diagnosed as having malignant hypertension during 1969--76, essential in 26, secondary in 39 and unclassified in 4. A clear male dominance was seen (41 men, 28 women), particularly in the group with essential hypertension (18 men, 8 women). The mortality in this series was less than in previously published series. Thus, the 5-year survival rate was 75% in the patients with essential and 72% in those with secondary hypertension. In part this was due to haemodialysis and renal transplantation. The importance of renal function at the time of diagnosis was evident in this study. In most patients with essential hypertension and serum creatinine levels below 300 mumol/l, renal function could be maintained or improved when antihypertensive treatment was instituted, whereas progression of the renal damage was seen in those with serum creatinine levels above 300 mumol/l in spite of antihypertensive treatment with 3 or more drugs. The incidence of new cases of malignant hypertension tended to decrease during the observation period, particularly as regards essential hypertension.
AuthorsT Gudbrandsson, L Hansson, H Herlitz, L Andrén
JournalActa medica Scandinavica (Acta Med Scand) Vol. 206 Issue 6 Pg. 495-9 ( 1979) ISSN: 0001-6101 [Print] Sweden
PMID532711 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Malignant (classification, diagnosis, epidemiology, mortality)
  • Kidney Function Tests
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Sweden

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