| Autor: |
KOEPSELL, JOHN E., KUZMA, JOSEPH F., MURPHY, FRANCIS D. |
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Archives of Internal Medicine; March 1950, Vol. 85 Issue: 3 p432-458, 27p |
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THERE is no unanimity of opinion regarding the proper place in the classification of hypertensive cardiovascular disease of the acute form, often called malignant hypertension, and there are even some writers who have stated that the term should be dropped entirely. The confusion regarding nomenclature in the study of this condition has led some to believe that malignant hypertension is a disease sui generis, unrelated to other forms of hypertensive cardiovascular disease. From the observations of one of us (F. D. M.) and an associate, published previously,1 it was our opinion at that time that malignant hypertension did not differ in kind from benign hypertensive cardiovascular disease but that the difference was merely one of degree. In this study we changed our mind regarding the course, the prognosis and the treatment of malignant hypertension.For the purpose of this paper, 39 cases of malignant hypertension were studied clinically and |
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