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  2. Hypertensive retinopathy - Wikipedia

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    There is an association between the grade of retinopathy and mortality. In a classic study in 1939 Keith and colleagues [6] described the prognosis of people with differing severity of retinopathy. They showed 70% of those with grade 1 retinopathy were alive after 3 years whereas only 6% of those with grade 4 survived.

  3. Hypertensive urgency - Wikipedia

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    Hypertensive urgency is defined as severely high blood pressure with no evidence of end organ damage. [3] The term "malignant hypertension" was also included under this category with grade III/IV hypertensive retinopathy .

  4. Hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Hypertension, grade 1 140–159 ≥135 ≥130 and/or 90–99 ≥85 ... Other complications include hypertensive retinopathy and hypertensive nephropathy. [30] History

  5. Retinopathy - Wikipedia

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    Retinopathy, or retinal vascular disease, can be broadly categorized into proliferative and non-proliferative types. Frequently, retinopathy is an ocular manifestation of systemic disease as seen in diabetes or hypertension. [3] Diabetes is the most common cause of retinopathy in the U.S. as of 2008. [4]

  6. Eye disease - Wikipedia

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    (H35.0) Hypertensive retinopathy — burst blood vessels, due to long-term high blood pressure (H35.0/E10-E14) Diabetic retinopathy — damage to the retina caused by complications of diabetes mellitus, which could eventually lead to blindness (H35.0-H35.2) Retinopathy — general term referring to non-inflammatory damage to the retina

  7. Complications of hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Hypertensive retinopathy with AV nicking and mild vascular tortuosity. Hypertensive retinopathy is a condition characterized by a spectrum of retinal vascular signs in people with elevated blood pressure. [57] It was first described by Liebreich in 1859. [58]

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  9. Arteriovenous nicking - Wikipedia

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    This is most commonly seen in eye disease caused by high blood pressure (hypertensive retinopathy). It is thought that, since the arteriole and venule share a common sheath, the arteriole's thicker walls push against those of the venule forcing the venule to collapse. This makes the venule form an hourglass shape around the arteriole.