accelerated hypertension

hypertension /hy·per·ten·sion/ (-ten´shun) persistently high arterial blood pressure; it may have no known cause (essential, idiopathic, or primary h.) or may be associated with other diseases (secondary h.) .

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accelerated hypertension  progressive hypertension with the funduscopic vascular changes of malignant hypertension but without papilledema.

adrenal hypertension  that associated with an adrenal tumor which secretes mineralocorticoids.

borderline hypertension  a condition in which the arterial blood pressure is sometimes within the normotensive range and sometimes within the hypertensive range.

Goldblatt hypertension  that caused experimentally by a Goldblatt kidney.

labile hypertension  borderline h.

malignant hypertension  a severe hypertensive state with papilledema of the ocular fundus and vascular hemorrhagic lesions, thickening of the small arteries and arterioles, left ventricular hypertrophy, and poor prognosis.

ocular hypertension  persistently elevated intraocular pressure in the absence of any other signs of glaucoma; it may or may not progress to chronic simple glaucoma.

portal hypertension  abnormally increased pressure in the portal circulation.

pulmonary hypertension  abnormally increased pressure in the pulmonary circulation.

renal hypertension  that associated with or due to renal disease with a factor of parenchymatous ischemia.

renovascular hypertension  that due to occlusive disease of the renal arteries.

systemic venous hypertension  elevation of systemic venous pressure, usually detected by inspection of the jugular veins.

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accelerated hypertension.

See malignant hypertension.