Resistant Hypertension: Detection, Evaluation, and Management
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Background: Resistant hypertension is defined when the blood pressure remains elevated above the therapeutic target levels despite the use of three antihypertensive agents including calcium channel blocker (CCB), renin-angiotensin system (RAS) blocker and a diuretic. These drugs should be used at maximally tolerated doses and white coat effect and non-adherence should also be excluded. In this ...
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1 Department of Hypertension and Nephrology, Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. 2 Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Correspondência para: Eduardo Pimenta, MD. 933 19th Street South, Room 115. Birmingham, AL 35294. Fone: (205) 934-9281; Fax: (205) 934-1302. E-mail: [email protected] Recebid...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: RUHS Journal of Health Science
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2456-8309,2582-3590
DOI: 10.37821/ruhsjhs.6.1.2021.379