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'''Hypertension''' is very common and affects multiple organs. Clinically, it is usually classified as primary (idiopathic) and secondary. | '''Hypertension''' is very common and affects multiple organs. Clinically, it is usually classified as primary (idiopathic) and secondary. | ||
Hypertensive crisis, if untreated, is associated with damage to the brain, heart, eye and kidneys.<ref name=pmid19899722>{{cite journal |author=Janota T |title=[Hypertensive crisis--the present view] |language=Czech |journal=Cas. Lek. Cesk. |volume=148 |issue=8 |pages=370–3 |year=2009 |pmid=19899722 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
==Brain== | ==Brain== | ||
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Image: [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/introductionneuropathology/Response%20_to_Injury/Injury_Images/hypertension1w.jpg C-B aneurysm (ucsf.edu)]. | Image: [http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/introductionneuropathology/Response%20_to_Injury/Injury_Images/hypertension1w.jpg C-B aneurysm (ucsf.edu)]. | ||
== | ==Hypertension and the eye<ref>URL: [http://health.indiamart.com/eye-care/hypertension-and-eye.html http://health.indiamart.com/eye-care/hypertension-and-eye.html]. Accessed on: 23 September 2010.</ref>== | ||
* | * Hypertensive retinopathy. | ||
* Aneurysms. | |||
* Branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). | |||
* Vitreous hemorrhage. | |||
==Hypertensive heart disease== | ==Hypertensive heart disease== | ||