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How bad of a hypertensive emergency, if untreated, would cause aortic dissection?
8 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Chronic and acute: It is usually an acute event in a chronically hypertensive patient or a patient with a chronic disease of the aorta like Marfan's disease. There is no absolute number but the higher the blood pressure multiplied by the time the blood pressure is elevated isthe most important parameter.
Answered 7/8/2015
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Variable: Hypertensive emergency can end up with hemorrhagic stroke , pulmonary edema , renal failure and other complications like possibly dissection but no accurate percentage can anyone predict.
Answered 7/9/2012
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