Treatment efficiency of resistant hypertension in cardiologist’s office
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Diuretic treatment of resistant hypertension.
In patients with hypertension resistant to three or four drugs including a thiazide diuretic substitution of frusemide for the thiazide, or the addition of spironolactone, produced significant reductions in blood pressure and body weight. The response did not depend on the presence of overt fluid retention, renal impairment, or the use of antihypertensive drugs of high potency. Women had larger...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bratislava Medical Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1336-0345
DOI: 10.4149/bll_2014_006