• Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Massimo Salvetti, Valentina Amadoro, Salvatore di Somma, Stefano Perlini, Andrea Semplicini, Claudio Borghi, Massimo Volpe, Pier Sergio Saba, Matteo Cameli, Marco Matteo Ciccone, Maria Maiello, Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Salvatore Novo, Pasquale Palmiero, Pietro Scicchitano, Enrico Agabiti Rosei, Roberto Pedrinelli, and Working Group on Hypertension, Prevention, Rehabilitation of the Italian Society of Cardiology, the Societa’ Italiana dell’Ipertensione Arteriosa.
• aDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Sciences University of Brescia, 25100 Spedali Civili, Brescia bDepartment of Medical-Surgery Sciences and Translational Medicine, Emergency Department, University La Sapienza, Sant'Andrea Hospital Rome, Rome cDepartment of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pavia, Lombardy dDepartment of Internal Medicine 1, USL12 Veneziana, Venice eDepartment of Medicine, University of Padua, Padova fDepartment of ScienzeMediche e Chirurgiche, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna gDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicina Clinica e Molecolare, University Roma 'Sapienza' - Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, and IRCCS Neuromed, Rome hDivision of Cardiology, AOU Sassari, Sassari iDepartment of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Siena, Tuscany jCardiovascular Disease Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Tranplantation, University of Bari, Bari kAS Department of Cardiology, Brindisi District, Brindisi lDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, Florence mDepartment of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Palermo, Palermo nDipartimento di Patologia Chirurgica, Medica, Molecolare e dell'Area Critica, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
• J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2015 May 1; 16 (5): 372-82.

AbstractSevere acute arterial hypertension is usually defined as 'hypertensive crisis', although 'hypertensive emergencies' or 'hypertensive urgencies', as suggested by the Joint National Committee and the European Society of Hypertension, have completely different diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.The prevalence and demographics of hypertensive emergencies and urgencies have changed over the last four decades, but hypertensive emergencies and urgencies are still associated with significant morbidity and mortality.Different scientific societies have repeatedly produced up-to-date guidelines; however, the treatment of hypertensive emergencies and urgencies is still inappropriate, with potential clinical implications.This review focuses on hypertensive emergencies and urgencies management and treatment, as suggested by recent data.

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