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Main complications of persistent
High blood pressure
Kidneys: - Hypertensive nephropathy: chronic renal failure
Blood: - Elevated sugar levels
Retina of eye: - Hypertensive retinopathy
Heart: - Myocardial infarction (heart attack) - Hypertensive cardiomyopathy: heart failure
Brain: - Cerebrovascular accident (strokes) - Hypertensive encephalopathy: -confusion -headache -convulsion