Resistant hypertension: a practical clinical approach
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Clinical approach in treatment of resistant hypertension
Resistant hypertension, defined as failure to achieve target blood pressure despite the use of optimal or maximum doses of at least 3 agents, one of which is a diuretic, or requiring 4 or more medications to achieve blood pressure goal, is likely to affect up to 20% of all patients with hypertension. Apparent resistant hypertension may be caused by medication nonadherence, substances that eithe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Hypertension
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0950-9240,1476-5527
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2013.34