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An update on hypertensive emergencies and urgencies

Maria Lorenza Muiesan1, Massimo Salvetti, Valentina Amadoro

  • 1aDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences University of Brescia, 25100 Spedali Civili, Brescia bDepartment of Medical-Surgery Sciences and Translational Medicine, Emergency Department, University La Sapienza, Sant'Andrea Hospital Rome, Rome cDepartment of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Lombardy dDepartment of Internal Medicine 1, USL12 Veneziana, Venice eDepartment of Medicine, University of Padua, Padova fDepartment of ScienzeMediche e Chirurgiche, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna gDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicina Clinica e Molecolare, University Roma 'Sapienza' - Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, and IRCCS Neuromed, Rome hDivision of Cardiology, AOU Sassari, Sassari iDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Siena, Tuscany jCardiovascular Disease Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Tranplantation, University of Bari, Bari kAS Department of Cardiology, Brindisi District, Brindisi lDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence mDepartment of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo nDipartimento di Patologia Chirurgica, Medica, Molecolare e dell'Area Critica, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine (Hagerstown, Md.)
|January 10, 2015
PubMed
Summary

Hypertensive emergencies and urgencies require distinct management strategies despite evolving demographics. Current treatments are often inappropriate, highlighting the need for updated approaches to reduce morbidity and mortality.

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