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Left-Sided Heart Failure in Hypertensive Crisis

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A sudden, critical increase in blood pressure may precipitate left-sided heart failure. The acute pressure load on the left ventricle results in an increase in end-diastolic pressure, especially in the presence of previous myocardial injury, for example, myocardial infarction. The severity of left-sided heart failure may on occasion, result in pulmonary edema. Blood pressure values in cases with pulmonary edema are frequently in the range of 200 mmHg systolic (see Chapter D, II).

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Bussmann, WD. (1986). Left-Sided Heart Failure in Hypertensive Crisis. In: Acute and Chronic Heart Failure. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61627-3_10

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