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What causes severe hypertension?
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Many: Pts with high blood pressure should be worked up for secondary causes blockages of the renal arteries. Tumors that secrete hormones that raise the blood pressure such as adrenal adenomas congenital abnormalities such as coarctation of the aorta to name a few.
Answered 11/5/2012
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