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  2. History of hypertension - Wikipedia

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    In 1928, the term malignant hypertension was coined by physicians from the Mayo Clinic to describe a syndrome of very high blood pressure, severe retinopathy and inadequate kidney function which usually resulted in death within a year from strokes, heart failure or kidney failure. [12]

  3. Hypertension - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] [12] Hypertension is a major cause of premature death worldwide. [13] High blood pressure is classified as primary (essential) hypertension or secondary hypertension. [5] About 90–95% of cases are primary, defined as high blood pressure due to nonspecific lifestyle and genetic factors. [5]

  4. Hypertensive emergency - Wikipedia

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    A hypertensive emergency is very high blood pressure with potentially life-threatening symptoms and signs of acute damage to one or more organ systems (especially brain, eyes, heart, aorta, or kidneys). It is different from a hypertensive urgency by this additional evidence for impending irreversible hypertension-mediated organ damage (HMOD).

  5. What is Hypertension? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    Hypertension is a very common condition, affecting about half of all adults in the U.S. But it doesn’t always have symptoms, so about one in three people don’t know they have it.

  6. Murray S. Hoffman - Wikipedia

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    Murray S. Hoffman, MD. Murray Stanley Hoffman (April 15, 1924 – March 23, 2018) was an American cardiologist, educator and diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Cardiovascular Disease, a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Council on Clinical Cardiology (CLCD) of the American Heart Association.

  7. Proper treatment for hypertension could avert 76 million ...

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    The dangerous effects of high blood pressure are highlighted in a new report by the World Health Organization that identifies the condition as one of the world’s leading risk factors for death ...

  8. Essential hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Essential hypertension (also called primary hypertension, or idiopathic hypertension) is a form of hypertension without an identifiable physiologic cause. [1] [2] It is the most common type affecting 85% of those with high blood pressure. [3] [4] The remaining 15% is accounted for by various causes of secondary hypertension. [3]

  9. Henry Stanley Plummer - Wikipedia

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    Henry Stanley Plummer (() March 3, 1874 – () December 31, 1936) was an American internist and endocrinologist.He, along with William Mayo, Charles Mayo, Augustus Stinchfield, E. Starr Judd, Christopher Graham, and Donald Balfour founded Mayo Clinic.