Upper airways obstruction. Presentation with systemic hypertension.
Of 14 patients whose final diagnosis was upper airways obstruction associated with heart failure, 3 presented with systemic hypertension (up to 200/100 mmHg). In 2 the hypertension was so severe that at first it had to be considered as a possible cause of the presenting symptoms. The subsequent history indicated that it was an effect of the upper airways obstruction with heart failure.
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male