====== Arterial hypertension complications ======

Elevated BP increases the risk of developing [[stroke]], particularly without routine BP measurements and hypertension treatment. A strict BP management target (SBP, <120 mmHg; DBP, <80 mmHg) should be adopted for young and middle-aged men
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Hypertension is the most important risk factor for the formation of cerebral [[aneurysm]], as well as aneurysm rupture
((T. Inagawa, “Risk factors for the formation and rupture of intracranial saccular aneurysms in Shimane, Japan,” World Neurosurgery, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 155–164, 2010.))
((M. Clarke, “Systematic review of reviews of risk factors for intracranial aneurysms,” Neuroradiology, vol. 50, no. 8, pp. 653–664, 2008.))
((J. Dubow and M. E. Fink, “Impact of hypertension on stroke,” Current Atherosclerosis Reports, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 298–305, 2011.))
((B. V. Nahed, M. L. DiLuna, T. Morgan et al., “Hypertension, age, and location predict rupture of small intracranial aneurysms,” Neurosurgery, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 676–683, 2005.))
((C. L. Taylor, Z. Yuan, W. R. Selman, R. A. Ratcheson, and A. A. Rimm, “Cerebral arterial aneurysm formation and rupture in 20,767 elderly patients: hypertension and other risk factors,” Journal of Neurosurgery, vol. 83, no. 5, pp. 812–819, 1995.)).

===== Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage =====

see [[Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage]]