title: Case reports: cocaine-associated accelerated hypertension and renal failure.
abstract: These are two cases of cocaine abuse with the following previously unreported cocaine-associated features: 1) biopsy-proven accelerated/malignant hypertension, 2) association of cocaine with persistent hypertension, and 3) renal failure with rapid progression to end-stage renal disease that did not reverse following blood pressure control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Godley
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weed
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003042:Cocaine / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine