Management of Acute Hypertensive Heart Failure
Heart failure presents a particularly difficult public health challenge. Of the heart failure presentations, acute hypertensive heart failure represents a distinct clinical phenotype and is characterized by sudden-onset systemic hypertension and pulmonary edema. The pathophysiology of acute hypertensive heart failure is primarily driven by an abnormal ventricular-vascular relationship, and the medical management is aimed at improving this relationship.
Source: Heart Failure Clinics - Category: Cardiology Authors: Jim X. Liu, Saurav Uppal, Viren Patel Source Type: research
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