We would agree that malignant phase hypertension does cause renal failure, with many
such patients presenting (and dying) with renal complications1. However, there is some …

Perera (3), at a time when antihypertensive medication had not yet become available, a
large proportion of patients with essential hypertension wound up in renal failure. This was …

Objective: It remains controversial whether non-malignant 'benign'hypertension causes
renal dysfunction. The effect of lowering blood pressure on the incidence of renal …

While it is clear that malignant hypertension damages the kidneys, the question of whether
non-malignant hypertension actually causes renal insufficiency remains controversial. A …

Clinicians who manage patients with malignant hypertension (MHT) have witnessed some
remarkable changes in recent years. The incidence of the disease appears to have fallen, at …

Introduction: The widespread use of antihypertensive medication and the increasing
frequency of diagnosis of mild-to-moderate hypertension should mean that malignantphase …

Hypertension (HTN) is a prominent preventable cause of prema‐ture morbidity and mortality
and has been estimated to be the sec‐ond leading risk factor for the global burden of …

Background The nature of the relationship between high blood pressure and kidney
damage is controversial. There is a view that essential non-malignant hypertension does not …

Abstract The Waitemata Hypertension Clinic Database 2009-2012 (Auckland, New Zealand)
was searched for patients meeting the definition of Malignant Hypertension. Eighteen of 565 …

Background Malignant hypertension is frequently complicated by renal insufficiency.
Although the survival of this hypertensive emergency has improved, recent data on renal …