What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Cohort. Population: Hypertensive urgency or emergency (n=300). Intervention: Hypertensive emergency vs. Hypertensive urgency. Primary outcome: Mortality.

What does this research mean for the field?

Patients presenting to the emergency department with hypertensive emergencies have significantly higher hospital and one-year mortality compared to those with hypertensive urgencies, with deaths primarily attributable to neurovascular events. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

August 29, 2026European Heart Journal

Hospital and one-year outcomes following a hypertensive urgency or emergency: a major challenge

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Key result

Hypertensive emergencies linked to ~36% higher absolute one-year mortality versus hypertensive urgencies.

n=300

Why the study?

Definitions surrounding hypertensive emergencies and urgencies remain confusing, and their evolution along with short- and long-term outcomes required analysis.

Population

300 patients admitted to the emergency department for hypertensive urgency or emergency

Comparison

Hypertensive emergency vs hypertensive urgency

Design

Prospective study

Follow-up

12 months

Authors

MBMohammed BenabdellahMohamed I University LHLoubna HaraAbdelmalek Essaâdi University AEAmine Ech-chenbouliMohammed V University

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Implication

Higher mortality risk in hypertensive emergencies warrants vigilant monitoring; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve outcomes in this observational cohort.

Key Points

Evaluate short- and long-term (12-month) mortality, patient survival, and the frequency of malignant hypertension and hypertensive retinopathy following emergency admission for hypertensive crisis.
Prospective observational cohort study conducted from January to March 2023 with follow-up through January 2024 (12 months).
Included 300 patients (mean age 63.4 years, predominantly female) presenting to the emergency department with hypertensive urgency (HU, n=185) or hypertensive emergency (HE, n=115); excluded preeclampsia and chronic renal failure.
Assessed clinical presentation, target organ damage, optical coherence tomography angiography findings, and mortality during hospitalization and at 1-year follow-up.
Total mortality was markedly higher in patients presenting with hypertensive emergencies compared to hypertensive urgency (n=44/115 [38.3%] vs n=5/185 [2.7%], respectively).
Among all deaths (n=49), 33 occurred in-hospital—predominantly driven by neurovascular rather than cardiovascular emergencies—and 10 additional deaths occurred during the 12-month follow-up.
Malignant hypertension was diagnosed in 9 patients via optical coherence tomography angiography detection of subclinical microvascular damage.

Study Design

Type

Cohort (n=300)

Structured PICO

Population

300 patients (mean age 63.4, mainly female) admitted to the emergency department for hypertensive urgency or emergency, excluding preeclampsia and chronic renal failure, followed for one year.

Outcome

Mortality in the short and long term (12 months), survival of the hypertensive patients, frequency of malignant hypertension and hypertensive retinopathyhard clinical

Main Result

Absolute Event Rate: 38.3% vs 2.7%

Hypertensive emergencies are associated with significantly higher in-hospital and 1-year mortality compared to hypertensive urgencies, primarily driven by neurovascular events.

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Benabdellah et al. (2024) conducted a cohort in Hypertensive urgency or emergency (n=300). Hypertensive emergency vs. Hypertensive urgency was evaluated on Mortality. Hypertensive emergencies were associated with higher overall mortality compared to hypertensive urgencies (38.3% vs 2.7%) over a one-year follow-up period.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a934cb5ac1feff82769caaa https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae666.2560

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Implication

Higher mortality risk in hypertensive emergencies warrants vigilant monitoring; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve outcomes in this observational cohort.

Hospital and one-year outcomes following a hypertensive urgency or emergency: a major challenge

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Study Design

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Cite This Study

Hospital and one-year outcomes following a hypertensive urgency or emergency: a major challenge

Discussion

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Implication

Key Points

Study Design

Structured PICO

Main Result

Cite This Study

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