The Results of Medical and Surgical Treatment of Essential Hypertension

Ma, Keith; Woolf, Brittany; Ar, Gilchrist

doi:10.1136/hrt.11.3.287

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“…Previous attempts (Palmer et al, 1948 ;Keith et al, 1949;Dustan et al, 1958) to improve the comparison of groups of cases of benign hypertension by giving: points for abnormal findings have not found general acceptance. The fact that each author has introduced a new system emphasizes the difficulties involved.…”

Section: Results Of Treatmentmentioning

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Severe Hypertension Treated with Ganglion-blocking Drugs in a General Hospital

North¹,

Williams²,

Howie³

1961

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Ganglion-blocking drugs have enabled physicians to lower the blood-pressure of patients with severe hypertension. Reports from specialized units have shown that the life expectancy of patients with malignant hypertension can be improved by this treatment (Smirk, 1954;Barnett, 1956;Dustan et al., 1958;Perry and Schroeder, 1958;Harington et al., 1959). The enthusiasm of physicians particularly interested in this problem has been thought by many to play an important part in the results achieved by these units, and it has been implied that treatment in general hospitals will be disappointing in

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Section: Results Of Treatmentmentioning

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Severe Hypertension Treated with Ganglion-blocking Drugs in a General Hospital

North¹,

Williams²,

Howie³

1961

BMJ

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“…for Surgical Treatment A high proportion of our patients with malignant hypertension presented in a condition in which sympathectomy could not have been contemplated (group A on the classification of Keith, Woolf, and Gilchrist, 1949). There were others with disabilities which would not have altogether prevented sympathectomy-such as a previous major cerebral accident (two cases), an older age group than is ordinarily accepted (two cases), or a degree of cardiac failure or cardiac asthma (four cases) which, though it does not prevent sympathectomy in less serious cases, is associated with a worse prognosis in malignant hypertension (group B on the classification of Keith et al, 1949).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There were others with disabilities which would not have altogether prevented sympathectomy-such as a previous major cerebral accident (two cases), an older age group than is ordinarily accepted (two cases), or a degree of cardiac failure or cardiac asthma (four cases) which, though it does not prevent sympathectomy in less serious cases, is associated with a worse prognosis in malignant hypertension (group B on the classification of Keith et al, 1949). Seven patients presented with advanced cardiac or renal changes (group C).…”

Section: Mortality Figures In Patients Who Could Have Been Consideredmentioning

confidence: 99%