A 52-year-old man with a 10-year history of uncontrolled hypertension (BP 180/110 mmHg) presents with sudden vision loss. Fundoscopy reveals flame-shaped hemorrhages, cotton-wool spots, hard exudates arranged in a macular star pattern, and papilledema. Which antihypertensive agent is the drug of choice for acute management of hypertensive retinopathy with papilledema in this patient?

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