1. During a hypertensive crisis , this can lead to acute renal ischemia. 2. Hypertensive crisis may result from the overconsumption of tyramine-containing foods.3. Unlike other nonselective monoamine oxidase inhibitors, tyramine-containing foods do not cause a hypertensive crisis . 4. The incidence of postoperative hypertensive crisis varies and such variation depends on the population examined. 5. The patient may suffer hypertensive crisis and metabolic acidosis. 6. It appears that hypertensive crisis is also more common in African Americans compared with other races. 7. Secondly, MAOIs can cause serious side effects when mixed with certain foods, including life-threatening hypertensive crisis . 8. Fermented products such as pickles are foods containing high levels of tyramine that passed into circulation can such a hypertensive crisis . 9. Thus, RIMAs are unlikely to elicit tyramine-mediated hypertensive crisis , and a special diet does not need to be so strictly adhered to. 10. Estimates indicate that approximately 1 % to 2 % of patients with hypertension develop hypertensive crisis at some point in their lifetime.
