DRUG-RESISTANT HYPERTENSION
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Hypertension patients (1781), drawn from seven large employee groups in and around New York City, were studied to determine the prevalence of resistant hypertension among them. The blood pressure criteria for resistance (potential resistance) were failure to reach and maintain a blood pressure less than 160/95 mm Hg on two separate occasions during at least 1 year of treatment. Confirmed resist...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0263-6352
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000572024.27772.40