When Should Nitroglycerine Be Avoided in Hypertensive Encephalopathy?
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When should nitroglycerine be avoided in hypertensive encephalopathy?
Letters to the Editor will be published, if suitable, as space permits. They should not exceed 1000 words (typed double-spaced) in length and may be subject to editing or abridgment. Intravenous nitroglycerin is a well-recognized treatment of acute hypertension and hypertensive encephalopathy. 1 We are reporting a patient presented with posterior reversible encepha-lopathy syndrome (PRES) secon...
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عنوان ژورنال: Hypertension
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0194-911X,1524-4563
DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.175703