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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Cardiac and neurologic complications in malignant hypertension due to oral

contraceptive use.

AUTHORS

Bortolotto LA; Silva HB; Pileggi F

SOURCE

BLOOD PRESSURE. 1994 Sep;3(5):319-21.

ABSTRACT

Although an association between oral contraceptives (OCs) and arterial hypertension has been well-documented,

most studies have found only mild or moderate hypertension with reversal to normal levels 3 months after OC

discontinuation. This paper presents two cases in which young women developed severe left ventricular hypertrophy

and renal failure due to OC-induced malignization of hypertension. The first patient, a 23-year-old, was admitted to

the hospital with a 3-day history of headache, mental confusion, and aggressiveness. 6 months before presentation,

severe arterial hypertension had been diagnosed. At that time, she was advised to discontinue OCs (30 mcg of

ethinyl estradiol and 150 mcg of levonorgestrel), which she had been taking for a year; she did not comply with this

directive. The second patient, 21 years old, was admitted with accelerating hypertension. She had initiated OC use

(30 mg of ethinyl estradiol and 150 mcg of levonorgestrel) 6 months earlier. 3 months after starting OC use, she

developed headache and fatigue. Both women had a hemorrhagic cerebral accident as a complication of malignant

hypertension. All neurologic, renal, and cardiovascular complications were reversible after OC discontinuation. OC-

related malignant hypertension can be averted through effective control of blood pressure in OC users.

(PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 3544-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Cardiac and neurologic complications in malignant

hypertension due to oral contraceptive use.", is(are) Bortolotto LA; Silva HB; Pileggi F. The source of this article is

"BLOOD PRESSURE. 1994 Sep;3(5):319-21.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s).

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