title: [Malignant arterial hypertension--clinical picture, prognosis, management].
abstract: Malignant hypertension is the most severe form of hypertension. Untreated--quickly leads to target organs damage and death. The most important things are early diagnosis and treatment, which can improve prognosis in the group of patients with malignant hypertension. Pathogenesis of malignant hypertension is not completely established, although histopathological changes are well known. The article presents recent opinions on etiopathogenesis, clinical course and treatment of malignant hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Nadciśnienia Tetniczego, Instytutu Kardiologii, Warszawie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makowiecka-Cieśla
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Nadciśnienie tetnicze złośliwe--obraz kliniczny, rokowanie, leczenie.