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The list of complications that have been mentioned in various sources for Hypertension includes:
Kidney disease
Kidney failure - hypertension is the second most common cause of kidney failure (after diabetes)
End-stage renal disease
Heart disease
Hardened arteries (see Artery symptoms)
Cardiovascular disease
Angina
Heart attack
Left ventricular hypertrophy
Heart failure
Left-side heart failure
Stroke
Cerebrovascular disease
Stroke
Cerebral hemorrhage
Eye complications (see Eye symptoms)
Retinal damage (see Retina symptoms)
Impaired vision
Death
High blood pressure makes your heart work harder and, over time, can damage blood vessels throughout your body. If the blood vessels in your kidneys are damaged, they may stop removing wastes and extra fluid from your body. The extra fluid in your blood vessels may then raise blood pressure even more. It's a dangerous cycle.
High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of kidney failure, also commonly called end-stage renal disease (ESRD). People with kidney failure must either receive a kidney transplant or go on dialysis. Every year, high blood pressure causes more than 15,000 new cases of kidney failure in the United States