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Refractory and resistant hypertension: characteristics and differences observed in a specialized clinic.
Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH - 1 May 2015
Modolo Rodrigo, de Faria Ana Paula, Sabbatini Andréa Rodrigues, Barbaro Natália Ruggeri, Ritter Alessandra M V, Moreno Heitor
Abstract excerpt
Resistant hypertension (RH) is defined as uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) despite the use of ≥3 anti-hypertensive drugs, or controlled requiring use of ≥4 drugs. Recently, a new definition for an extreme phenotype of RH (uncontrolled BP using at least five drugs) has emerged-the refractory hypertension (RfH). Although characteristics of RH are well established, little is known about this newly described...
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